Ebola Has Arrived In The U.S. - Do You Have It?

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19. OK now this makes me sad

and I'll tell you why.

I suffer from what I know are irrational fears as a result of anxiety disorders.

I've been a member of a few online sites for people with anxiety disorders, and know lots of people who have them.

We often amuse ourselves by joking about all the diseases we have "had", or currently "have".

But we can do that.

People who don't have the same fears...well...IMO, they don't get the same privilege. It's like laughing at someone for their disabilities.

So I started out laughing at this thread because I identified with the paranoia, until it occurred to me that some of the replies here might not be so much about identifying with the hypochondria, but about laughing at people who have to suffer with it each and every day of their lives.

Not cool