A colleague innocently asked if I had lost weight the other day in work. I think I frightened him to death, shouting 'of course I haven't I haven't been dieting, so if I've lost weight you must think I look ill'!! I immediately went to the vending machine and ate loads of chocolate just in case !! It got me thinking about how what people say sets off my health anx and stays with me. For example, here are some snippets I've heard, some more than once ......
"he's just mowed the lawn, sat down, and he went!!"
"she took a Rennie and said she'd had indigestion all day, then just died"
"she was stirring the gravy and said she felt a bit 'funny"
"he said he just didn't feel right ..... then had a stroke"
"he pulled over the on M4 coz he didn't feel right ...."
"she only went to the hospital for a minor procedure but she was riddled with it...."
and so and so on. So what you might think, but .... everytime I stir the gravy, mow the lawn, have indigestion, drive on the M4 etc, you can imagine what I hear ! What can you do? Warn people not to tell you bad stuff cuz it sets you off?? How do others cope with these kind of things?
Kay x