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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up with a mom with dissolved into an illness and a secondary gain scenario whenever life threw her a curveball or whenever there was any anxiety-provoking event (my brother's engagement; birth of a grandchild, you name it). There's constantly a medical reason why she can't do the slightest thing from holding my newborn to trying Thai food. There's no point trying to help or giving support because you get sucked in. When you grow up like this, you become very rigid and rigorous with yourself about not allowing yourself to overmedicalize (or even medicalize) any life situation. It's hard to sort out real symptoms because you are so afraid you are dramatizing. I'm constantly telling myself no, I don't have a headache, no I don't need Advil, doubting my own symptoms, telling myself I'm overdramatic, fearing I'm turning into her. I let an upper respiratory infection turn into meningitis because I kept telling myself I was not really sick. Yeah.[/quote]
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