1. This accurate portrayal of the way hypochondria totally screws up your thought patterns:
2. And this post that sums up every time you've ever had a minor ailment in a nutshell:
3. This accurate representation of your daily life:
4. The way you try hard to hold onto your rational thoughts, but they regularly run away from you:
5. Like, seriously:
6. The way medical websites seem to set out to purposefully troll hypochondriacs:
7. This post that understands the sheer impossibility of staying away from online symptom checkers:
8. And the constant, nagging fear that every little ache and pain is the C-word:
9. Especially headaches:
10. The constant rollercoaster of emotion that is mild heartburn:
11. When you're so worried that you even fear the thing that's supposed to help you feel better:
12. How angry you feel when someone purposefully sparks your health fears:
13. This reminder of the frustrated reactions you regularly get from your friends and family:
14. The way your brain constantly behaves like a total asshole:
15. The relief you feel when you realise there's a perfectly straightforward explanation for a weird symptom:
16. When you don't live your life to the fullest because you're so afraid you might die any minute:
17. And this dizzying debate that's constantly going on in your head:
18. This reminder that clumsiness + a poor memory can equal disaster on a regular basis:
19. The unbelievably unfair ways in which your body and asshole brain gang up on you:
20. And how your fears don't just apply to you, but also the people around you:
21. What happens almost every time you use a search engine:
22. This perfect response to anyone who claims you're just seeking attention:
23. You, every time you notice a "new" lump, bump, or mole on your body that's actually been there for years:
24. How you feel whenever you're around someone who seems a little under the weather:
25. Mainly because so many things mimic cold symptoms you can convince yourself it's almost anything:
26. When you realise that thanks to the internet you now have more medical knowledge than most professionals:
27. This constant, inescapable Catch-22 situation:
28. And finally, this important reminder that you're not the only person in the world who feels like this:
We're all in this together. You're doing OK. Just breathe, try to relax, and – most importantly – stay away from Web MD.