{"id":9764,"date":"2015-07-21T05:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=9764"},"modified":"2015-07-20T22:33:37","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T05:33:37","slug":"an-imaginary-conversation-about-being-a-hypochondriac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9764","title":{"rendered":"An imaginary conversation about being a hypochondriac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think I broke my ribs at the gym last night.<\/p>\n<p>You did not break your ribs.<\/p>\n<p>Google disagrees.<\/p>\n<p>While you&#8217;re Googling, you should look up the symptoms of hypochondria.<\/p>\n<p>OK. Wait, what? I am not a hypochondriac!<\/p>\n<p>Yes. You are most definitely a hypochondriac.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want me to read the definition to you?<\/p>\n<p>No, I can read it myself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You probably should.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OK. Fine. I am kind of a hypochondriac.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kind of?<\/p>\n<p>A lot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You have a different imaginary illness every week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some of them are real.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One. One of them was real, but your overall stats are pretty bad.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone says that.<\/p>\n<p>Why do you think that is?<\/p>\n<p>Because I always think that everything I notice about my body is some sort of illness.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re so dramatic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Always have been.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At least you&#8217;re getting better at sarcasm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Are you being serious right now?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I <i>thought<\/i> you were getting better at it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think I broke my ribs at the gym last night. You did not break your ribs. Google disagrees. While you&#8217;re Googling, you should look up the symptoms of hypochondria. OK. Wait, what? I am not a hypochondriac! Yes. You are most definitely a hypochondriac.&nbsp; No. Do you want me to read the definition to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9764\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An imaginary conversation about being a hypochondriac<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-imaginary-conversation","category-words"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-2xu","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7262,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=7262","url_meta":{"origin":9764,"position":0},"title":"An imaginary conversation about imaginary football boyfriends","author":"Michelle","date":"August 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"You know what? 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