Trivial things that annoy you part 8191.1

Had a bit of a freakout in regards to the ongoing trouble with the site's login problems.
I got a "Too many login failures. Account has been locked, please reset password" message and I freaked as I think I have an unused email attached to this account. Nearly at the 5,000 post mark so the last thing I want is to have to make a new one!

Robsweezie wrote: »

Felt a sudden ringing noise in my ears today. I googled tinnitus and came across a video of a woman wanting to end her life because of it :-(

Haha. I laugh because I've been there, and as a seasoned hypochondriac, I feel I can laugh at the absurdity of self-diagnosis.

As it happens, a year ago I, too, experienced symptoms which resembled the symptoms of tinnitus. And I, too, googled it and was faced with horror stories about it.

My symptoms disappeared after a week.

That was a year ago. All is now fine.

In my case, it turned out that the symptoms I was experiencing (echoes in my ears, ringing in the ears, etc) were one of the many side effects of coming off of a medication that I'd been on for a few years.

The point being that even though the evidence pointed to tinnitus, it wasn't tinnitus.

The cases that you read about when you google symptoms on the internet are the extreme cases and are therefore, by definition, very unlikely to ever happen to you. It helps to remind yourself of this fact.

And if anything bad ever does happen to you, well just remember that something worse has always happened to someone else and they've come out of it alive and kicking.

And if the worst case scenario occurs? Personally I believe that we all possess the ability to learn to live relatively peacefully with even the most chronic of conditions (although it may take a lot of work, but is at least achievable.) So try not assume that just because other people think their life is over due to a chronic condition that that means that your life would be over too.

So while of course you should always keep an eye on these symptoms, just make sure that you remind the anxious part of your brain to take a damn chill pill once in a while and to stop needlessly bothering you so much.

eisenberg1 wrote: »

I am the guy always parked two miles across the car park in the top right corner, as far from the shop as you can possibly get, well away from all other cars. When I return, there is always, always some Cnut in a twenty three tear old fiat parked exactly four inches from my car. Bastards.

Same ones who sit beside you on public transport even though there are plenty of other double free seats