Sickly people and their constant whining about it

I know one but she is very, very sick but every detail isn't needed. Just "ok todayI threw up" is enough. Not every.single,detail. Crazy.

OMG...I truly feel terrible about what I am going to type...but I have a friend who is battling a disease that is curable...I am sympathetic...I am glad she is beating it...I don't doubt that she doesn't feel well a lot...BUT ever single FB post has to do with a reference to her illness...really...

Her post about diahrrea 10 times (or 20 or whatever), she is dizzy (and fell and hit her head on the wall trying to avoid something), her potassium is so low she should be dead, her doctor doesn't listen to her, the psychiatrist doesn't understand. Oh but yeah, I am patient. I mean if she didn't have me to listen who would? We all deserve to be heard right?

I have enough Issues with the men I work with gladly that is not one of them ha ha. I do often tell them I am going to hand out pacifiers for them though because they whine about everything else.

And see, this is the problem with this type of person. It's like the boy who cried wolf. We listen to it over and over and over and over and over...  and then one day it's the real thing and we don't believe it.

And yes, I do know someone like this. This person is legitimately sick with a few things, but embellishes all of them plus makes up others. So a rash is immediately skin cancer, and a scratch that gets a teensy bit red (normal red) is obviously a raging staph infection, etc. It is a mental illness so I try to remember that. However, I'm also not going to be an enabler, so I don't encourage these conversations. I either change the subject or if it's in an email or text I often just ignore it. 

Hypochondriacs don't know that they are. Even when faced with the accusation they'll deny deny deny. This was discussed at two peas and I was surprised to see that there were some whose doctors had labeled them as hypochondriacs - one poster even saw the diagnosis written in her file when the doc stepped out of the exam room. Of course they challenged the idea and blamed the doc, then took the opportunity to write about their illnesses. I'd be quite surprised if someone popped up and said, hey, ya, that's me - I'm that guy.

We have a receptionist who joined the company in January. I swear this girl has not felt well a single day since she started. It's at the point now when I see her in the morning I don't say "how are you?" because I just don't want to hear about it. She's had a cold that's lasted 6 months (apparently, even though she never coughs or sneezes), and it's frequently interspersed with self inflicted hangovers.

So I've perfected the art of saying "Hi, how's it going?" while I keep walking on past.

I used to work with a gal like this. One of guys and I used to bet on what the ailment of the day was going to be. We got to the point it was no longer "good morning, how are you", it was just "hello".

This is my biggest fear that I will be labeled as such. I have a mass in my inner ear that caused some huge problems for about 18 months. It seemed like it was all I was for over a year.

I know one in real life who is like that Kristen Wig character on SNL. I had broken my toe and was wearing a boot. She told me about her sister who had to wear a boot for 6 months, her toe was turning black and she thought it had to be amputated.

I have a family member who is a hypochondriac. This person is never ever ok. If it's not one thing it's another. Yes, it gets pretty old after so many years. I see it as an attention getting ploy. If find myself avoiding any prolonged contact as much as I can.

Serious illness  often leaves you trapped inside your body in an endless loop..  It's really important to have moments each day where you are not sick; just normal, routine moments where you take time to dwell on the good stuff and there is always good stuff even when things are bad.  Whether it's watching a cat purr or something that makes us smile or  laugh.  I can't speak for all sick people, but this is how I feel.  Yes, I do post updates when things are going wrong, but it's easier than emailing or calling everyone to give them the same story.  It's not all about me.  It's about all of us.  Yes, I need extra help physically, but I have lots of room for others emotionally and I'm not the only  person who is important.   No matter how large or how small someone's illness might be, it is huge for them at the time and I honestly try not to compare or mock, even when I really want to.  However, if that's the only thing you talk about at work then I think it's time to find out why you're unable to to participate in the lives of others.  A true hypochondriac has mental health issues and it's  serious, because it impinges on their quality of life and it is w/in their control to stop after getting the right therapy  and possibly meds.  

From now on when one of your three co-workers wants attention for feeling sick, immediately walk away if you can, excusing yourself to "make a call" or nod in agreement and then change the subject.  If they are attention seekers then they will stop complaining to you if you don't even acknowledge their sneezes.