Kraggy
29-04-09, 17:54
Well this is something that has been bothering me, How do I handle people that do not understand Health Anxiety.
Yesterday evening at work I had an hour break with 2 friends of mine, One which I have known for the past 10 years and I see as my best friend..
Well the entire hour was filled with them laughing their asses off at me, Going "The food your eating is chemical and might give you cancer" and stuff like that, At points like that I get put infront of a difficult choice, Get angry with them, Or just smile and try to ignore it...I chose the second..Untill at one point when I just snapped for a split second, yelling "Shut the f*ck up" in my friends face as loud as I could. Sure they stopped...for about 10 minutes and then it started again, They just saw the outburst like more reason to laugh at me it seems...Since comments like "Better stay away or he might smash his plate in your face" started to pop up aswell...
Earlier today I had just about the same thing with my parents, lately I have been buying my own food, More healthy stuff, Brown bread, Milk, Stuff like that..Which they decided to ask me why I was doing that, I said I wanted to to start eating a bit more healthy. At which they got angry, yelling stuff like "You are healthy! I am getting sick of that attitude of yours!" and "Why cant you stop beeing so god damn afraid and just trust the doctor!?" at me.
Events like this are making the Health Anxiety alot harder, and I am wondering how others handle situations like this?
Kind regards,
Kraggy
Yesterday evening at work I had an hour break with 2 friends of mine, One which I have known for the past 10 years and I see as my best friend..
Well the entire hour was filled with them laughing their asses off at me, Going "The food your eating is chemical and might give you cancer" and stuff like that, At points like that I get put infront of a difficult choice, Get angry with them, Or just smile and try to ignore it...I chose the second..Untill at one point when I just snapped for a split second, yelling "Shut the f*ck up" in my friends face as loud as I could. Sure they stopped...for about 10 minutes and then it started again, They just saw the outburst like more reason to laugh at me it seems...Since comments like "Better stay away or he might smash his plate in your face" started to pop up aswell...
Earlier today I had just about the same thing with my parents, lately I have been buying my own food, More healthy stuff, Brown bread, Milk, Stuff like that..Which they decided to ask me why I was doing that, I said I wanted to to start eating a bit more healthy. At which they got angry, yelling stuff like "You are healthy! I am getting sick of that attitude of yours!" and "Why cant you stop beeing so god damn afraid and just trust the doctor!?" at me.
Events like this are making the Health Anxiety alot harder, and I am wondering how others handle situations like this?
Kind regards,
Kraggy