flightybird
Member
- Joined
- Sep 2, 2014
- Messages
- 12
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 03/2013
- Country
- US
- State
- TX
Does anyone else feel like Debbie Downer when they talk about their symptoms to people who aren't affected by fibro/other chronic illnesses?
Even when I talk to my doctor about how I am feeling, I worry that I am just coming across like some big whiner, or a big hypochondriac just looking for drugs. He doesn't treat me that way (thank goodness) but I can't help but shake the feeling. And goodness...when I talk about the symptoms I have during a flare to my "normal" friends, I just feel like I'm being such a downer (though that's not at all my intention.)
Am I just nuts, or do y'all feel this way, too?
Even when I talk to my doctor about how I am feeling, I worry that I am just coming across like some big whiner, or a big hypochondriac just looking for drugs. He doesn't treat me that way (thank goodness) but I can't help but shake the feeling. And goodness...when I talk about the symptoms I have during a flare to my "normal" friends, I just feel like I'm being such a downer (though that's not at all my intention.)
Am I just nuts, or do y'all feel this way, too?