It's All In Your Head

If there is one thing you never want to do when you are sick, it is to look up your symptoms on the internet. Every time I have ever done this the internet tries to tell me, pretty much, "You could very likely have one of these several deadly illnesses." I think the ONLY time I haven't been told I was dying by the internet was when I woke up with a black tongue and it told me I probably took Pepto Bismol tablets... which I had.
No, but seriously. You could just have a common cold and the internet will probably tell you that you have cancer or something. Although, I would hope most people wouldn't have to go on the internet to look up symptoms of a cold. I think it's funny that I still go on there to look things up when I am sick at all. I went on there when I had horrible abdominal pain and it told me it was either cancer or Appendicitis. Turned out to be kidney stones. Went on there this week because I was panicking and felt tingly and numb and it told me I had Diabetes or a stroke. Anxiety.
What's funnier still is that even though I know what I see on my computer is pretty much always wrong, I still tend to let it get to me. I know I have an anxiety disorder, yet I let myself believe that it is more sometimes... which is a symptom of my anxiety... ironic. I can watch an episode of King of the Hill where Bill thinks he has Diabetes and my brain, without thinking, takes on the symptoms that the character is experiencing. Or, I can watch the part of that movie The Fourth Kind where the peoples' jaws break and my jaw starts hurting. Basically, I know myself well enough to know that I either should not be looking up or watching these things, or I should not let them get to me.
So, next time my leg goes numb and tingly, I'm going to slap it and say, "KNOCK IT OFF!"
Cause it's all just in my head.