I really hate this time of year-- Stomach flu?

[deeferlynn]

Hey all,

So the past couple of days I've been feeling under the weather when I wake up-- primarily in the morning, and no, unless immaculate conception is a real thing, there's no possibility of pregnancy. Anywho, as I get going I feel a bit better-- except for yesterday. The upset stomach/indigestion lasted all day. At first I thought I was having a heart attack then reasoned that out. The feeling went away for a bit until around 3 where my stomach is in this constant blargh state of I dunno. I want to sleep, but I'm afraid to because my body may relax to the point I puke. Which scares me so much. Because I've never had to take care of myself before-- my mom always did. But now that I'm on my own, well I live with my sister who's not the most compassionate person ever, I freak out over every ache or uneasy feeling in the winter because it could be the stomach flu. And I've tried to limit my exposure around people. But I kinda let go after Christmas and now, it's almost 6 am and I'm here typing this out and working through positive reinforcement to convince myself otherwise. I really don't know what to do and I know staying up all night to "control" it isn't going to work in my best favor. The only other thing I can think of is that it's cancer. Either way, it's not looking too good and positive reinforcement is struggling. Please help

[marc]

I think as long as you practice good hygiene and take care of yourself, the odds of getting any
flu are greatly reduced.

[Evap]

I've just accepted I'm going to feel like 0104 most of the winter. My body basically hates the world and the cold so I normally have an upset stomach or nausea during winter time. I'm pretty sure it's actual sickness sometimes but nothing to be worried about. Winter is a time when it's easy to get sick with plenty of harmless illnesses!