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I understand auto-immune diseases and its "ugly sisters" but it seems to me like hypochondria and Munchausen runs rampid in these halls.

Well, I did kind of take this personal...but I wasn't going to say anything because I am nice...

You said that it seems like when one person says how they are feeling, alot of us jump on the bandwagon and say we feel the same......wouldn't that be the same thing as cancer?

If people have cancer wont they feel the same in how they feel?

If people have AS wont alot of us feel the same because we share the same illness?

If people have diabetes won't alot of people feel the same?

I guess maybe I am just dumb, I thought if you have a certain illness, there are symptoms and the millions of people that share that illness will feel the same and share the same symptoms.

But the quote above.....yea bad choice of words, it sounds like you are putting us down, making us feel like alot of family members, friends, Drs. have tried to make us feel...that is why we come here for support.

If your going to stay here you need to think about your choice of words and how they will affect others, alot of us here with being hypochondriacs also suffer from depression, but wait that is probly psychosymatic too...I am afraid to see what your opinion would be on that.

Just be nice, and play nice in the sandbox and you will do fine.

Lisa

Speak kindly, Live simply, Care deeply, Love generously, and BLAH, HA, HA, LOUDLY! every chance you get.