Psychologists

have diagnosed a disorder where a person, out of worry or grief, will actually start showing symptoms of a disorder, even though they are perfectly healthy. Maybe this is what happens when you want something too much. Like a track star so worried about states he gives himself shin splints, or an artist so concerned with the upcoming contest she loses all inspiration. You might think you've moved past an emotion, healed. But when it's prompted or teased, something stirs deep inside. A shadow of a real emotion comes, casting doubt and creating the notion that you have a crush on someone when, really, you're just good friends. You just want to be loved so badly you will fabricate it out of nothing, out of anyone. Maybe that's what desire does. Distort. Confuse. How would psychologists, then, diagnose this?