when you have health anxiety reddit is a mine field

a post can be like "my nose always runs in the spring I hate it"

34 comments: “same here, allergies suck”
12 comments: “try a neti pot!”

and that One Person. that one person who shows up in every goddamn thread no matter how innocuous' well, I don't wanna scare you but my uncle had a runny nose in spring just like yours and it turned out he had Deadly Nose Disease. he's dead now'

and I know you think you're helping but you're not. like1 in 20 people have health anxiety and that number is higher for neurodivergent individuals and you are not helping