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What’s a painful experience you haven’t had in years? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Question inspired by a Charley horse that hit in the middle of the night.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I went into the doctor one time explaining all these strange symptoms I was experiencing. Rapidly developing OCD, heart palpitations, it felt like I needed to pee all the time, etc. I thought maybe I was dying. College exams. It was stress. I was having my heart rate spike up to the point where my smartwatch was warning me several times a day. I haven't had it happen once since the day I graduated about 7 years ago.

It's unbelievable that going through that much stress is normalized.