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As we grow up do we feel sick less often because of our improved immunities, or is it that we become more out of touch with our bodies? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by aCosmicWave@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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When I was a young boy I would get sick pretty regularly (headaches, fever, nausea, the works). Now that I’m a grown man I rarely experience such extremes. Instead I find myself in more of a long term state of vague apathy and shittiness.

That makes me wonder if my immune system truly has improved, or if I simply lost touch with my feelings.

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[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Around my 30s, I would get sick a lot because I took public transportation. Also the air quality in the city I lived was really bad. I lived near a major road so car fumes was a normal smell.

In my 40s, pandemic taught me to wash my hands better. I have a lot better habits. I moved to a city where the air was way better. I now reduce situations where I'm in like funky situations where I can get sick.

I went from being sick 15-30 days a year to like 1-5 days a year. It's been a crazy transformation.