So your throat hurts, or you have a freckle that you're not sure was there a few weeks ago, or there's a weird pain in your leg. Naturally, you head to google and type in your symptoms to find that you are most likely dying, because there's no way that you simply caught the cold that's going around or you bruised your leg from drunkenly walking into a table at the bar. Although you always get better, this is a common trend that never fails to scare you- every single time.
1. You realize that you're not feeling 100%, be it a stuffy nose or a tooth ache.
2. You for some reason think it's a good idea to see what the internet has to say about your ailment.
3. A list of results comes up, ranging from the common cold to end stage cancer leaving you with less than a month to live.
4. You naturally assume the worst.
5. You check the rest of the symptoms for that rare genetic disease that you're convinced you are the 1 in a billion to have.
6. One of the symptoms is fatigue and you realize you actually are pretty tired, you must be a goner... because that can't possibly be from going out late last night.
7. Another symptom is increased appetite, and you did eat chipotle and dessert. Things are not looking good
8. Now you google this disease that you can't pronounce so you can find out more about it.
9. You read stories of people battling this, losing loved ones, living in pain. How could your body betray you like this.
10. You wonder why no doctor has found this sooner. How could they have let you down?
11. There's no treatment, except for an experimental drug in southeast Asia. You look up plane tickets. Too broke.
12. You tell your friends and family of your fate, and ignore them as they tell you that you're overreacting and to just go to the doctor.
13. You lay in bed, wondering when you'll start experiencing other symptoms and how much longer you have.
14. A few days pass, and your throat starts to feel better and you forget your self diagnosis.
We've all been there. For some reason you trust WebMD and random articles we find online rather than use common sense to believe that you did in fact get strep from that kid you kissed at the party. Thankfully, it's never actually as serious as we believe, but that never stops us from self-diagnosing the next time something feels wrong.
