Britain’s freakiest wives appear on new TV show

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( edited for copyright purposes-proud patriot moderator Democratic Underground )


Here's an interesting article from a British magazine. I thought I knew some people who were a bit "off" but these really are scary!

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British TV show, Help! I’ve Got A High Maintenance Wife, lifts the lid on four women who are driving their husbands to despair with their demanding behaviour.

Karen Armstrong, of Carlisle, would visit her doctor up to five times a week because she was convinced she was going to die.

Her obsession has put a huge strain on her relationship with husband Steve.

The 47-year-old even thinks certain foods - like mushrooms and curry - will kill her.

Mrs Armstrong said: “I have morbid thoughts about death and dying. Any minor ache or pain is a sign of something serious.”

Despite being physically fit, she spends every day fearing she is dying.

Her long-suffering husband, 42, said: “If she has a chest pain she thinks she’s having a heart attack.”


By Maddy Biddulph, Jan 25 2008 © Copyright 2008 - Showbiz Spy

http://www.showbizspy.com/2008/01/25/britains-freakiest-wives-appear-on-new-tv-show/

[bidenista]

1. these people all need to see a psychiatrist

That said,

She added: “I stopped going to wedding receptions or parties or the cinema because of the flashing lights because they give me migraines and I think: ‘Ooh, I’ve got a brain haemorrhage’."

Similar thoughts have crossed my mind while watching the primary debates.

[DarkTirade]

4. And yet instead somehow they ended up seeing a publicist... :\

[NewJeffCT]

13. I get that feeling when I read GD:P

or, maybe Redd Foxx from Sanford & Son "Oh, it's the big one"

[LynzM]

2. I find this really sad, not scary.

These people obviously have mental illnesses/addictions that need to be treated. They need counseling, sympathy, perhaps meds. What they do NOT need is to be exploited in yet another look-at-the-freaks "reality" tv show.

/soapbox

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Very true. I hope that doctors write into the show producers and give them what-for

[LynzM]

6. Me too.

Wonder if we could find a way to contact the show's producers, or whatever, and give them *our* what-for.

[Orsino]

5. Paging Howard Beale.

Please pick up the red prophecy phone.

[Akoto]

7. I had the same problem as the first lady.

After seeing a lot of my relatives die in horrible ways as a kid, I developed a great fear of death and sickness. For a long time, I was convinced that every pain was cancer and anything wrong with me had to be serious. It's still something I struggle with, but the assistance of a caring doctor has helped me to get MUCH better. The fact that I had an underlying anxiety disorder certainly didn't help.

These folks need to get some professional assistance.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Reminder: please limit excerpts from copyrighted sources to 4 paragraphs

When you actually copy the "© Copyright 2008" here, we do expect you to notice it.

[JCMach1]

9. sounds about normal for the Brits I know

:sarcasm: guys :sarcasm:

[ironflange]

10. “You can see the muscles in her cheeks."

:rofl:

[pitohui]

11. ha

actually while i thought the hypochondriac, for instance, clearly has a mental illness, perhaps anxiety, and the obsessive-compulsive obviously needs to avail herself of the new medicines available to control OTC behavior, i don't see why working hard to become competitive in one's sport is wrong merely because if you really want to go all out and you really want to work and to win, then, yeah, sometimes you don't have time to wipe the kids and the husband's butt for him, and sometimes you do get a little heart-broken when you don't win anyway

no one who competes at anything seriously can go at it "half-assed," they wouldn't it think it so freaky if it were a male competitor methinks

[ironflange]

12. I wasn't really laughing at her

That was just such a droll remark that Hubby made.