Nobody likes being sick. Although the thought of having an excuse to lay around in bed all day sounds pleasing, when it actually happens, we feel so drained that we can't appreciate this golden opportunity. We tend to hate every second of it, and are actually excited to get back to our normal lives. These feelings come in stages of course, and we all face them when we are plagued with a sickness.
1. Prevention
If you're a germaphobe like me, you do everything you can to try to prevent yourself from getting sick. When someone tells you they're ill, you're wiping down everything they touch and washing your hands religiously. If they cough, you hold your breath for 10 seconds because that's what WebMD told you to do when you googled "What to do when someone around you is sick?"
2. Denial
So you woke up and your throat feels kind of funny, but you tell yourself and your body that it's nothing. You might drink some warm lemon and honey water just in case, but you know you're not sick. There's no way you could be sick. You sanitized everything.
3. Acceptance
So your sore throat that was nothing turned out to be something, and you have accepted your fate. You skip class or call into work, and confine yourself to your bed. You're drinking your body weight in fluids and trying to do everything you can for a speedy recovery.
4. Questioning if goodness still exists in the world
How dare the universe let you get sick? You ate an apple the other day. You cleaned your house. You even washed your bedding, yet here you are. You lost control of your own life in a matter of days and the world doesn't even seem to care.
5. Complete boredom
You've been locked in the house for a couple of days and have watched everything that the television has to offer. You got tired of staring at the walls in your bedroom, so you decided to switch things up and move to the couch. It's exciting at first, but gets old quick. You try to sleep away your boredom, but your extreme congestion just won't let you.
6. The happiness that comes with a sign of recovery
You're finally able take a shower and eat a breakfast that you can actually taste. Then you make the life changing decision that you're ready to go outside, and the moment that the fresh air hits your face you know that it's over; you survived and you're ready to take on the world. You hated being sick, but it gave you a new appreciation for your health.
