Essay

American Hypochondriacs

In another league

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Recently a good friend of mine on Medium, a voice I admire and follow and generally concur with, made a statement that was shocking and profoundly untrue. This person, this writer, claimed he (it’s always a he) was ‘The world’s greatest hypochondriac.’

Knowing this to be an out-and-out lie, I highlighted the egregious claim. ‘I…