You know it happens, despite the hand washing, sterilizing sprays, vaccines and other measures we ALL get sick at some point.

When you get sick and your body feels like its about to shut down on you, your nose seems like it is ready to explode and those darn tissues over flow the garbage by your bed.
When that happens do you act like a different person?

I know personally I am a fit 24yo "bad *bottom*" type who enjoys things like sword fighting and doing insane stuff and could get hit in the face with a sword and not flinch (it HAS happened in the middle of a parade no less) but when I get the flu I turn into the most pathetic mess of a human ever, I get whiny and annoyed at everything. I also seem to be more picky too.

My girl friend is the same, she gets all whiny and demanding (where as she is usually sweet and funny but bullheaded)

Does this happen to you as well?

Also what makes you feel better (and more like yourself)? For me I like to just lay in bed and watch movies, eat Mrs. Grass Chicken noodle soup and hang out with my cat (who seems to be nicer when I'm sick and not the psychotic moron she normally is)

(BTW I thought this up because my girl friend right now is home from work and zonked out on the bed with a horrible cold and she has been REALLY whiny lately because of it

This post has been edited by KainRacure: Feb 14 2008, 02:00 AM

Well, I don't turn grumpy and become a monster when I'm sick but of course that depends on the situation and the disease I get. But one thing's for sure, I usually have a lot of nightmares when I get sick. That's why I rarely get enough sleep so I don't recover easily. It's a good thing I haven't been sick for quite a long time now.

If i get a bad cold or the flu when I cant sleep I've been known at 15 to throw tantrums. For the record i'd rather have a bug than a cold.

I think I'm coming down with one now I've got the dry mouth. But as ong as i'm not too bad friday I'm happy.

Cos i've got a party and am going to get pissed so...

(not that I encourage any underage drinking)

I am miserable when I'm sick and I try to avoid people so I don't misdirect my frustration and bite someone's head off who is only trying to help me.

If I'm sick, I will call my friends and I will tell them that I'm sick. And I love to chat with my friends at the phone. If I'm bored at the same time I'm sick, I usually watch our Television because it gives me a lot of entertainment especially laughs. As other people says: Laughter is the best medicine. After watching, I go to sleep nor I will rest.

-Amiel

If I get sick from some kind of cold or flu type illness, I don't get like anything. I just shut down. Completely. I do not function at all. My body temprature even drops, I am practicly comotose. I just crawl in bed and stay there till it's over. Fortunatly I hardly ever get sick. But when I do I'm really sick. Nothing makes me feel better. Except of course, getting over it.

Now, if I'm sick cause I'm in pain, that's another story, I turn into a royal *BLEEP*. You've never heard the likes of the whinning and complaining like I can do when I hurt.

Being sick makes me really irritable...it's as if all my senses are amplified and the slightest annoyance registers as some huge occurance. It's annoying, and I also like to stay away from people when I'm sick, both because I want to keep it confined and because I treat others like crap at the slightest irritation. It makes sense though that we should be more irritable when ill, since we need to take really good care of ourselves in order to get better. The irritability will make us more likely not to do anything that will make the illnes worse.

I find that some hot tea or a nice nap do wonders, and I use sickness as an excuse to kick back with a good book, something I would definitely like to do more often.