#symptoms

you are good even when you need to rely on others’ help.

you are good even when you are depressed.

you are good even when you are hurt.

you are good even when you are scared.

you are good even when you are overwhelmed.

you are good even when you are not tidy.

you are good even when you are confused.

you are good even when you have difficulty performing tasks.

you are good even when you feel like you’ll never measure up to being an adult.

Do you ever think about the fact that most of what we think of as symptoms of illness; basic cold and flu symptoms; coughing, sneezing, runny nose, fever, puking;

None of those are directly caused by the bacteria/virus. Those are all part of the immune response.

I don’t doubt that we need the immune response. But I am curious what the illness would cause on its own without being masked/mitigated by said immune response.

Mostly because I was thinking about “humans are space orcs” stuff. And I remembered one story that claimed the alien immune systems weren’t nearly as aggressive as the human one, yet had those aliens experiencing the same symptoms that a human would if they had a really bad cold/flu. And I was thinking about how that doesn’t make sense because those symptoms ARE the immune system at work. But I don’t know how to correct it because I don’t know what the symptoms WOULD look like with a different immune system 🤷🏼‍♀️.

Like, it doesn’t hurt per se, but it sucks ass.

Like involuntary movements, making it hard to move or function

Nausea, the absolute BITCH

confusion, brain fog, forgetfulness

Getting lightheaded or dizzy or problems with the vestibular senses

RESTLESSNESS

Numbness and tingling

Fucking fatigue. Like the kind that makes you feel like a rubber noodle that weighs 800 tons and you can hardly left an arm.

Weakness in general, like that’s annoying as hell. Why can I not open this bottle.

I haven’t experienced this, but I imagine full or partial paralysis is pretty sucky.

Trembling. Like, sometimes not even because something hurts. Your just shaking, vibrating, man. What.