mishugenosis
a yiddish word often used in medicine to describe fakey diseases that exist only in a patient’s mind, such as fibromyalgia, tension headaches, restless legs syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, multiple chemical sensitivity, ambien sleep-eating syndrome, pots, chronic fatigue syndrome, and any other form of what used to be called neurasthenia.
louis r: “oh doctor heather, i just cannot function anymore because of my chronic fatigue syndrome in addition to my totally disabling other neurasthenic complaints!”
doctor heather: “you know what louis? i think you suffer from the very rare and deadly mishugenosis. i am going to fill out your ssi and your family medical leave act papers right now, because you cannot work any more, not even a desk job! and here is a prescription for adderall too, it cures everything!”
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