Hypochondriacs are not lonely people

Hypochondriacs Are Lonely People… (Strongly Disagree)



Hypochondria stems from the fear of death. It is not healthy to embrace death. Lonely people are the ones who embrace death. People who hide from death are the ones who are not lonely, because if someone is happy, he or she does not want to die. Hypochondria is also the fear of not being able to control one’s body. Jean M. Goodwin wrote, “On the whole, “organic” illnesses of the body are viewed as a misfortune over which the victim has little control. Not so for “mental” illnesses. These diseases of the mind become diseases of the “self.” We (our “selves”) can distance ourselves from our “bodily” illnesses: “my leg is broken” or “my heart is failing.” But, because of mind-body dualism, our mind is our self. “My mind is sick” is not differentiated psychologically from “I am sick.” We cannot distance ourselves, take a detached view of our minds: we are our minds. When a disease affects ...