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Hah, betcha thought I was referring to the mental.
What would your SO say if someone asked how you behave when you are ill? Are you a grouch? A big baby? Don't want anyone doing anything for you?
I'm coming down with the crud that seems to be going around and I can't help but think of how my mommy used to put my head in her lap and play with my hair. She'd bring me tea and soup, totally baby me. I'd eat it up if she were here. But otherwise, I'm usually too drained to care if I get any attention.
I think it's kinda cute to see how some men turn into mush when they're sick. Big burly strong kings of the universe reduced to feverish, clammy lumps of sogginess. Awwwww.
When I'm sick I do whatever I can for myself. I'm an easy to get along with patient. My husband is more the get me, bring me type. Other areas I'm the whiner so it evens out.
Generally I'm like a dog that crawls up under the house and stays there until I'm better. I don't want people looking at me or around me particularly. I do accept and appreciate help from a very small circle of family or friends but I don't want them fussing too much. I also find it incredibly difficult to ask for help, to the point that I rarely do and even then it's only ever if I can't do something myself.
Occasionally I like tea and sympathy and comfort but it's pretty rare for me to overide my mangy dog tendencies long enough to appreciate or ask for it.
I can be a little whiny, and if it's really bad I sometimes cry. LOL
Right before I ruptured my eardrum a couple weeks ago I was bawling because it hurt so bad. Good thing I live alone and my dogs don't seem to care how I act, as long as they get their food and potty breaks.
I am more or less the kind that just wants to left alone when I am sick. I just usually muscle through it without letting on, I had my thyroid taken out due to Cancer and once I got home from the hospital had my Wife, Mom, and Sister all wanting to take care of me to make me feel better but I had to tell them to leave me alone and they understood that I feel that way.
Not because I'm a sympathy seeker, but because it's an inconvenience. I try to get up and get on with things, and live a normal life, I'm not one to let things slow me down, and when they do, I get frustrated.
I've now got heart problems, and I need to learn to slow down, but I find it very difficult.
I'm an easy patient who basically takes care of herself. I can bear pain quite well and when I do get whiny, it's more for the sake of some cuddly attention lol
I tend to be comatose when really ill (malaria, pneumonia). I will sleep for 18-20 hrs or more until I am better. So I just want to be left alone to sleep. When slightly ill (mild flu, head cold) I just want to pretend I'm not really sick, just a bit more mucousy than normal and like everyone else to act the same.
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