{"id":4241,"date":"2016-03-09T11:06:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T05:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.breezystorm.com\/?p=4241"},"modified":"2016-04-07T09:33:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T04:03:07","slug":"deal-with-a-health-anxious-spouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breezystorm.com\/deal-with-a-health-anxious-spouse\/","title":{"rendered":"How to deal with a health anxious spouse? Be firm and caring!"},"content":{"rendered":"
A health anxious spouse makes you married life boring and tedious by his\\her abnormal fear about the physical condition of his\\her body.<\/p>\n
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\u2018My wife is driving me nuts\u2019 my cousin fumed.<\/p>\n
\u2018What happened\u2019 I asked worryingly<\/p>\n
\u2018If she has fever, it has got to do with some serious ailments in her body. She goes crazy with worry about her health. She insists that I take her to a doctor. If the doctor says there is nothing wrong with her, she says he is inefficient of proper diagnosis\u2019\u2019 my cousin wiped his sweat wearily.<\/p>\n
\u2018I do not know how she invents different disease every day. I feel bored to interact with her. I have a sickly feeling when she always talks about medicine, doctors, illness and her dangerous symptoms of a deadly disease\u2019 he concluded with irritation.<\/p>\n
Why did my cousin\u2019s wife behave in such an odd way?<\/p>\n
She is hypochondriac.<\/p>\n
She was health anxious .\u00a0She was suffering from a mental disorder making her imagine her minor illness as a prelude to some deadly disease.<\/p>\n
Very taxing for my poor cousin!<\/p>\n
What are the symptoms that your spouse is very health anxious.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n How does your health anxious spouse behave?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018I’m a complete hypochondriac. If my heart starts beating a little faster than normal, I think I’m having an attack.\u2019 \u2013Antonio Banderas<\/strong><\/p>\n Throughout your married life your spouse tortures you about his\\her health. He\\she feels that he\\she is always suffering from some health related problems. Mostly imaginary. Pacifying and consoling your spouse does not convince him\\her.<\/p>\n What are the ways your \u00a0health anxious spouse imagine about his\\her illness?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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