Comments | innerbrat: This is actually a good day for me.

innerbrat

This is actually a good day for me.

Apr 11, 2008 10:56

One of the symptoms of the bad place I'm in, mentally, right now, is a mild run of hypochondria. Mild in that it's not something you'd diagnose or worry about or anything, but bloggable in that it's having an effect on my life and ability to function at the moment ( Read more... )

depression, health

Comments 8

miscellanny April 11 2008, 09:56:47 UTC

This sounds like me. I mean, when I do go the doctors it does generally turn out to be something wrong; I think the arthritis kinda screwed my immune system. But yeah; I Know What You Mean.

weaverandom April 11 2008, 11:22:57 UTC

*wraps you up in hugs*

Hugs fix lots of things. It's a fact. I wish I could give you real true ones.

*saves up!*

steely_glint April 11 2008, 11:26:51 UTC

I have a strange relationship with going to the doctor - if it's not 100% obvious that I need to (usually indicated by an inability to get there on my own) then I won't, although strangely I will sometimes make an exception for minor cosmetic issues. Partially this is because I am a MAN, and therefore TOUGH and ABLE TO HANDLE THINGS (although obviously I reserve the right to whinge about them constantly).

BUT, there's also an excuse aspect. There's also the fact that as long as I haven't been checked out, it could be anything. And there's a part of me that clings tightly to the idea of being able to come back to events later and be able to say "it wasn't my fault, I was , you can't hold that against me."

viridian April 11 2008, 13:21:49 UTC

I do this when I'm having mental issues, too. I think I actually gave myself an ulcer because my stomach wouldn't calm down and I stressed more about it because it was making me feel like crap.

innerbrat April 11 2008, 13:30:08 UTC

I know I give myself mouth ulcers - but that's just through chewing myself.

viridian April 11 2008, 14:23:22 UTC

I used to do that COMPULSIVELY when I was about 11-12. It was really bad, because once there was a sore I'd poke and chew at it constantly and it wouldn't ever heal. Thankfully I just spontaneously stopped one day.

sunflowerkits April 11 2008, 16:40:24 UTC

I don't think people should beat themselves up about being too paranoid about their health and going to the doctor for minor aches, pains whatever. My main problems is that the GPs don't always take notice of minor symptoms. Ok a lot of the time, there is no major cause for concern and the symptoms pass, but I have spent the past month working in a cancer centre and it has really opened my eyes ( ... )