I used to catch a "bug" now and then just like everyone else. I would get a sore throat, bronchitis, cold, strep throat, or just something icky in general. I ran fevers, needed to see the doctor, felt like crap in general off and on.
On a seemingly non-related topic, I also got divorced. During that time I went to a therapist for marriage counseling. I felt I was getting sick too often. I was sure it was due to stress from my job and from going through a divorce. She told me that we choose to get sick. That was a new concept to me! She taught me a form of self-hypnosis to supplement my meditation learned in martial arts. She told me to believe that I never get sick.
Damned if it didn't work. I often say now that I never get sick, and it is almost entirely true. I had a sore throat and bronchitis in 1997. I had a few sinus infections after that, and not even any of those for several years. I say I don't have time to get sick and I just don't.
When my daughter got old enough to learn to go to her "Happy Place" to escape the pain of innoculations and injuries, she also learned to stay healthy most of the time. She rarely gets sick either. She went from a child who would require 5 nurses to hold her down for one shot to a child who could just sit and watch a needle go into her leg for her next shot.
So I don't get sick. I don't avoid germs. I don't hesitate to kiss my friend goodnight when he is sick. Instead, I get crushed nerves in my foot, carpal tunnel syndrome in both hands, a terrifying reaction to the pneumonia vaccine, a bad reaction to hydrogen peroxide in an attempt to bleach my teeth, basal cell carcinoma, poison ivy, and other odd things that are probably worse than a cold. But hey, I don't get sick!
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