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[Ats666]

Is it just me or does anyone else get anxious and agitated when you're Facebook friends put on their status about being unwell? It automatically strikes fear through me :huh:

[whybother]

yeah. Whenever I hear someone talking about health issues i panic. I could be at uni or with family or watching tv and BAM panic and then I think i'm dying from something awful.

[Trapped]

oh yes, anyone mention colds or flu and I get anxious

[Jules147]

There is nothing like catastrophizing, i.e. fearing the worst in the absence of evidence and when the worst is very unlikely.

People put really trivial stuff on their Wall including minor illnesses.

I had a really bad bout of tonsilitis in September. I felt crap. It would have ruined my short city break if I'd let it. Throat spray, pain killers and beer saw me through. I got better afterwards.

We very nearly always get better when we're ill.