Poggse t1_j5so15u wrote
Reply to comment by JustAPoorPerson in TIL about medically unexplained symptoms, almost 1/4 of all people who visit a GP in the UK have phsyical conditions that cannot be explained by gorge_orwoll
I mean, have you met people? They are perpetual victims. They love one upping, especially with respect to suffering.
Meeple_person t1_j5ssf0l wrote
It could have a lot to do with health anxiety. People have a lot of access to information, stories, news reports etc etc than they ever used to. Those receiving this saturation of information can start to convince themselves that they have whatever it is they've read. Becomes a self fulfilling condition where they feel ill even though they aren't and it becomes impossible to tell because logic has long departed the scene.
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