How well do you cope with illness (not including mental illness)?

[u/aspnotathrowaway]

(To clarify, I mean things like common physical illnesses that aren't chronic or usually fatal, like the cold and such.)

I find that I don't handle getting seasonal illnesses very well. Usually even the cold puts me out of commission for several days when I catch it, and the flu basically leaves me bedridden for some time. The first time I caught COVID along with everyone else in my unit I had it the worst out of everyone around me. I know a lot of this is pretty normal, but I've also noticed that people around me seem to handle getting sick better than I do and also comment on me taking it harder than them.

How about you? Do you handle illnesses better or worse than people around you, and have others noticed or commented on how you handle it?

[u/aspieincarnation]

apparently really poorly considering I feel like im dying rn but my brain knows its nothing serious but holy fuckin shit I am on a medication that doesnt let me drink herbal tea for sleep because of interactions with liver enzymes and because of that I cant sleep on top of being really itchy (the medications supposed to treat that) and I know ill feel better in 2 weeks but I wanna sleep tonight but thats probbaly not happening.

[u/Worcsboy]

I just kind of keep going - living on my own, I pretty much have to! But even though I stop feeling absolutely grim in roughly the average time, it does seem to take me much longer to reach full recovery.

[u/lord_bubblewater]

I rarely get sick but when I do I get very very sick for a day and next day I’m healthy again and back on my bullshit.

[u/Checktheusernombre]

Not well. I think the sensory overload of it all just puts my brain in a doom loop.