"I had a great interview in a hospital. I was studying to be a nurse, it would be my very first job. I was very nervous, but all went well untill the following happened: “Why do you want to be a nurse?”

“Well, almost no one wants to be hospitalized….” I was cut off: “NO ONE wants to be hospitalized” so bright me said “Well.. you can always count in the hypochondriacs!”

It’s a real mental illness, where people actually believe they have diseases, while they don’t. It can result in actual symptoms. It’s very serious and shouldn’t be mocked.

I have no idea where it came from. Needless to say, I didn’t get the job. It’s been ten years but still haunts me every now and then."