Health denial: You're Not the Only One

Like, bone-deep tired. …

They called them "colloquiums" back then, if you can believe it. …

It’s like, a weird dissonance, you know? …

I keep having these SUPER bad panic attacks before my big seminars, like the ones where you gotta talk a lot, and I tell everyone it's 'cause I stayed up all night playing Stardew Valley or ate too… …

You know, sometimes you just sit there, maybe you’re in the visitor's lounge at one of these places, the air conditioning always too high or too low, and your grandson is across from you, trying so… …

I know this sounds so stupid, like it's not even a real problem, but my doctor put me on this low-sodium thing for my heart, right? …

Anyone else... …

Not a pop, not a grind, but a definite mechanical click, deep in your shoulder. …

I’m a grandpa, a whole grandpa, and I’m hiding in my garage pretending to sort out old chisels and stuff just so I can eat a bag of chips. …

so my dad had that scare right like the heart thing a few weeks ago and it was REALLY bad i thought we were gonna lose him and mom was a wreck and he promised he was gonna quit smoking like FOR REAL… …

I’m a seamstress. …

I just got the diagnosis. …

I am currently monitoring a persistent physiological anomaly in my lower left mandible.

I think I’m experiencing some kind of sensory overload. …

I found this old photo album in the back of the closet today while I was looking for my mom’s heart meds and I just started shaking. …

I’m sitting here in the dark—it’s nearly 3 AM—and I can’t stop thinking about the appointment this morning. …

I woke up with a knot in my side that felt like a rusty nail being hammered into my gut.

I remember a specific Tuesday at the firm in the mid-eighties. …

Am I the only one who treats a minor physical sensation like a terminal diagnosis because the alternative—actually being unhappy—is too much? …

I saw the yellow spot weeks ago and just… left it.