[ProtectOurFreedom]

Yep. Gives them something to always talk and complain about. They think it makes them the center of attention, but people shun them. Which, I suppose, ramps their hypochondria up to the next level.

[fwdude]

Hypochondriacs are in the same class as “alcoholics,” in my mind. AA gives them the weekly shot of victimhood that they crave. They are NEVER cured, of course, because then they’d lose their leverage.