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[quote=Anonymous]Wow, either our moms are secret twins or I have a sister I didn't know about.... Yes, clearly this is hypochondria. It's also borderline personality disorder. You need to set limits. You don't push her to get help, no. She's not going to do that. But you don't listen to medical sagas/complaints about doctors/symptom talk for hours on end. I set a timer when I call my mother or she calls me. When 10 minutes is up, that's it. I don't hear anymore about her medical issues. It's not mean of you to set limits with her, OP. It's not your job to listen to this all day long. Your mother is getting what are called "secondary gains" from being ill in the form of attention, sympathy, and care, from you and your father. This has gone on for twenty years.[/quote]
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