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Can you make yourself believe that you are pregnant & actually start to feel that way?
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Yes : Plenty of women have this condition. It even has a fancy name : pseudocyesis.
Answered 8/10/2013
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Yes: That is a psychiatric condition usually treated with psychotherapy. It's called pseudocyesis.
Answered 12/29/2022
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