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Sick with worry?: A look at the arc of hypochondria
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sick with worry?: A look at the arc of hypochondria

Hindustan Times  

In the late Middle Ages, a strange fear swept parts of Europe. It’s an arc Caroline Crampton traces in her new book, A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria. The English naturalist Charles Darwin, Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, French novelist Marcel Proust and British poet John Donne all left behind traces of intense, unrelenting and unfounded concerns …

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How TikTok and Covid got a generation hooked on health scares
3 months, 2 weeks ago

How TikTok and Covid got a generation hooked on health scares

The Independent  

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Hypochondria history: Caroline Crampton’s book A Body Made of Glass, reviewed.
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Hypochondria history: Caroline Crampton’s book A Body Made of Glass, reviewed.

Slate  

Hypochondriacs have a poor reputation. “On a per-novel basis,” writes Caroline Crampton in her history of hypochondria, A Body Made of Glass, “she surely outpaces any other writer in the English language” when it comes to such characters. Like most books labeled “cultural history,” A Body Made of Glass is drawn more from archival and textual sources than from firsthand …

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Why 2021 was a bad year for mental health
2 years, 11 months ago

Why 2021 was a bad year for mental health

Hindustan Times  

Yearender 2021: As the coronavirus pandemic stretches like a rubber band year after year with emergence of new variants, and announcement of fresh restrictions, the mental health of people across the globe has touched a new low. 2021 was particularly a bad year for mental health as adults, children and elderly suffered alike. Worry over career issues led to stress …

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My son’s Covid test stoicism put my fear of discomfort to shame
3 years, 8 months ago

My son’s Covid test stoicism put my fear of discomfort to shame

The Independent  

At the age of 28 I discovered a cure for hypochondria: I married a nurse. At about 9pm the consultant said he hoped to operate that night, but that he wouldn’t if it got beyond 11 o’clock: “I’m past my best when it gets towards midnight!” he joked. I’d found it almost impossible to reach my tonsils without being sick, …

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