Anxiety reading old posts

[Captain America]

okay i know this is going to sound really bad, but the other day i accidentally responded to an old post about ear creases, which i have. when i learned that the person who asked the question has not been on the forums since 06, my immediate thought was, 'hmmm...i wonder if she had a heart attack?'

same goes for today, reading the fear of death post, and thinking about all the people who responded in '03 that are no longer posting here. sure, i know that people get better, bored, and everything else but in MY head, all i could think about was which ones might have been really sick!

anyone else think this way when reading old posts?

[yorkylover]

Hi if it affects you like that best just to read the new post's.Im sure most of them have recovered and just don't need to be here any longer.There are still people here who have been on here quite a while and there still going strong.

[Captain America]

thanks yorky. i know i should avoid them but and normally do but they pop as recent when people reply to them. most days it does't bother me. today just a bad one!!

thanks tho

[Alisonj]

Sorry you are having a rough day. I would imagine that reading old posts would be as scary as google!! I try not to go into any post that I think will have a bad effect on me. It is just safer and better for me in the long run. Feel better soon!

[milly jones]

i dont have worries about my health but i do find old posts useful

guess its up to how ur illness affects u

what does bug me is when intro posts are restarted from years ago and u blindly read away before u realise that they are ancient lol