What random ailment are you irrationally worried about acquiring?

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SoCalChrisW@reddit

Always been irrationally terrified of my knee bending backwards.

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Bayou13@reddit

Did you see that video of the woman on the leg press machine?????

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SoCalChrisW@reddit

I hate that I know which video you are referring to

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Ivotedforher@reddit (OP)

You ever think about tripping and biting your tongue off? I do.

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SoCalChrisW@reddit

My dad bit his tongue off when he was a kid. He jumped off their rabbit hutch with his tongue sticking out and almost bit it clean off.

They were able to sew it back on (without anesthesia) though, and he lived the rest of his life with a stubby little tongue.

He also pulled one of those big blue storage mail boxes over on his head as a kid, got a tattoo when he was in cub scouts, and was caught smoking in the school bathroom in second grade.

Kids were different back then lol.

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Ivotedforher@reddit (OP)

What are the odds that I would randomly mention something which had happened to your dad? 😁

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DynamiteWitLaserBeam@reddit

I was just floating in my pool thinking about brain eating amoeba.

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kckitty71@reddit

I just want it to be quick and painless.

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nvr2manydogs@reddit

Beats dementia. I'm terrified of dementia.

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Cattitoode@reddit

DVT, ever since my former roommate died from one at 42. She was on a long plane trip and allowed another passenger's small child to lay over her legs. Heartbreaking.

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ConfidentRecover3343@reddit

I think most of these replies are pretty common conditions. My random one is in infection not a disease. Brain eating amoeba.

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Ivotedforher@reddit (OP)

That a good , but terrible, one.

Thanks for understanding tjr assignment, too!

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Squishy mushroom moles. Some relative in my ancestry had them. My aunt (now 93) remembered them as a child because she had to hug the person with mushroom moles. She told my mom she hoped she doesn’t have that gene. I have a lot of flat moles in a variety of colors (blue, red, black and brown) and age spots but thankfully not many skin tags or mushroom moles!

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MiloAndLucy@reddit

I cannot narrow it down to one

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Eazy12345678@reddit

blood clot maybe. sit in front of computer for hours. watch tv in bed for hours. still work out but many hours of chilling

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WBRGGRL@reddit

Dementia or Alzheimer’s. My grandfather had Alzheimer’s and I feel like my brain is… not normal… already.

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holidayoffools@reddit

Rabies

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Minute-Psychology511@reddit

My terror was unlocked when I was nibbled on by a monkey in Bali last year.

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holidayoffools@reddit

Omg...it can incubate for years!!!

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Pretend_College_8446@reddit

Came here for this

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elphaba00@reddit

I've learned that my 13 year old has this huge fear of catching rabies. I have no clue where this fear would have come from.

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holidayoffools@reddit

From the internet! Every time someone gets a mystery scratch, everyone says get the rabies shot because a bat may be hiding in your house and you don't know and now you're going to die a horrible, horrible death.

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Busy_Quiet4435@reddit

Cancer

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ennuiandapathy@reddit

Dementia.

My mom has dementia and I’ve watched her lose herself. It’s not a quiet process, a silent fading - it’s anger and confusion and fear punctuated by moments of lucidity and awareness.

My uncle has Parkinson’s and Parkinson’s Dementia. My FIL had it, too. That deterioration was so much faster than my mom’s.

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Minute-Psychology511@reddit

This one is terrifying me. Watching my Dad suffering now is devastating.

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MLArtist71@reddit

Macular degeneration. My dad had a few aunts who developed it, and I inherited extreme nearsightedness from that side of the family. I’m terrified of going blind.

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Bayou13@reddit

My mom has it and I am ON TOP OF my annual eye exams

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Izmeralda@reddit

This one is one of my big fears. My grandma had both kinds of Macular Degeneration, one eye was "wet" and one eye was "dry" and I got w front row seat to what she went through with going blind, and the treatments to slow it down. No thank you very much!

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Bayou13@reddit

Besides all of them, Ebola strikes terror into my heart. But also pancreatic cancer. And Alzheimer’s. I have a lot of health related anxiety

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Ruenin@reddit

Anything related to dementia

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rhionaeschna@reddit

Parkinson's. My Gran had it and I have so many nervous system things going on already.

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badasschurchlady@reddit

Dementia with vision issues. My mom, who has a degree in English Literature (so she could go to college and just read books), at 61 had a retinal artery occlusion in one eye. She has peripheral vision but not central vision. At 70 she began showing signs of dementia. At 81 she has next to no short term memory. She can read but can no longer read a novel; by the time she gets to the end of a page (sometimes a paragraph) she can’t remember what she’s reading. She used to read 5+ books a week. That’s fucking terrifying

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minicpst@reddit

My mom has dementia with vision issues.

https://www.dementiasplatform.uk/news-and-media/blog/posterior-cortical-atrophy-a-dementia-that-affects-the-vision

She didn’t have it until her 70s, though, so no one is sure how it’ll progress. She may live very well with it for years. She may not. She’s got short term memory issues. But thankfully, several years in, she’s still my mom. :)

She did finally stop driving a year or two ago. And I got her some Tile’s for Mother’s Day that my brother hooked up to her Alexa so she can find the remotes solo. Otherwise, she does pretty well.

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Jas62021@reddit

A stroke. My dad passed from complications of one at 57. Both his parents died from the same in their early 60s

I’ve been on high blood pressure medication since my mid 20s, seems it hereditary. And have been on blood thinners since 50 because it turns out the clots that caused the strokes, are also hereditary. Got Covid early in the pandemic and it found the genetic mutation that predisposed me to clots. Yay.

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DramaticTry2113@reddit

When I was little my parents took me to a homeopathic doctor in Canada. He “saw” a tumor that was going to develop when I was older in my lower abdomen. He gave me a medicine which made me really sick for a few days, very high fever etc. when that was done, they said the tumor would no longer develop. To this day, even though it sounds crazy, I still think something went wrong and I’m still going to get that tumor.

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Xavelle@reddit

I'm so sorry that happened to you! Have you mentioned this experience with your PCP?

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DramaticTry2113@reddit

I haven’t! I don’t mind sounding crazy to all my fellow Redditors lol , thank you :)

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VolupVeVa@reddit

ALS, MS, Parkinsons.

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mjh8212@reddit

I have pots makes me afraid I’ll have a heart attack and I won’t think twice that I’m actually having one cause it’ll be normal pots symptoms.

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Entire-Ad-5917@reddit

My dad passed from pancreatic cancer and now I’m always worried about cancer.

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elphaba00@reddit

Pancreatic cancer scares me. I feel like it's one of the cancers that they always find it when it's too late to do anything.

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Possible_Shoulder_50@reddit

Congestive heart failure, drowning in your own fluids filling your lungs terrifies me.

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RantingLunaticBabsy@reddit

Toxic Shock Syndrome. You can get it from other infections, not just from tampon use. It was one of those scary things drilled into our heads as young women. I thought when I no longer used tampons I was in the clear, but nope. Turns out it’s still possible to get it.

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elphaba00@reddit

One of my second cousins died from something similar, SJS/TEN. She went into a prompt care on Christmas Eve complaining of flu-like symptoms. She texted her parents that she'd be a little late for the day, but she'd get there. She ended up getting admitted to the hospital. She was jokingly texting with friends and family. A few hours later, she was sedated. Her organs were failing. It was like they were burning up from the inside. She had a brain bleed. They think she got it from antibiotic eye drops.

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GroovyGmaIvy@reddit

My ex-husband’s cousin died of that from a tampon.

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AshDenver@reddit

My husband developed a clotting disorder. 2020 was a rough year. I saved his life like 3x that year. He kept throwing clots, developed pleural effusion, could barely breathe, his mesmeric artery was blocked with a clot, just a complete mess in there, so many surgeries, clueless docs at the early part of the pandemic. Then the CT scan found the kidney cancer and he spiraled mentally into the “go out in flames, do all the fun things, eat, drink, be merry” headspace and packed on about 80lbs.

Sometimes stuff just happens. Sometimes we hurt ourselves.

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Agent7619@reddit

A cyst/ulcer at the top of my ass-crack.

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Odd_Consequence_6044@reddit

Pilonidal cysts are treatable

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hapster85@reddit

I have enough diseases already, thank you very much.

That said, there are a few I think about from time to time, that I'd rather not have to deal with. But I don't sit around worrying about them.

I'm very much an "it is what it is" type person.

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LadyNorbert@reddit

This. Every day my body and I have an argument about its multiple conditions and I ask it, "How dare you seek to inconvenience me?" Eventually I will probably have every disease known to womankind. But as you say, it is what it is.

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mattmatters16@reddit

Spontaneous combustion

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Ivotedforher@reddit (OP)

Because of that one photo we all saw as kids of the burned up lady in the recliner?

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edwardsantes@reddit

no

we all watched Spinal Tap 15x before college was over

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edwardsantes@reddit

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Naive_Finding_1287@reddit

🤣😅

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grigiri@reddit

Colon cancer

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edwardsantes@reddit

stay on schedule with your colonoscopies. I can't believe how many people in this sub avoid getting one or act like it's difficult. I asked about testicular cancer two weeks ago, and the PA did a blood screen that day just because it's that easy.

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grigiri@reddit

I have had my first. I'm a little worried that they changed from 5 to 10 years, though.

As for testicular cancer, I was also worried about that. I got an exam and everything is normal. The PA told me that the risk of TC is very low for men over 35, but just to pay attention to my body and bring up any concerns.

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Ok_Cicada_3420@reddit

Jesus… this shit is depressing.

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Ivotedforher@reddit (OP)

And irrational

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Ok_Cicada_3420@reddit

For sure!! I read two posts and had to stop. lol I was looking for “getting stuck in quicksand” or some shit.

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SmokeyFrank@reddit

My father (now 84) lost both mother and wife to Alzheimer’s (both passing early 80s). He’s showing no signs of it but does act his age and can drive a stick shift. While I’m concerned about dementia, I’m continually doing mind puzzles—both words and math. I also continually develop and improve complex spreadsheets.

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PDM_1969@reddit

My parents told me after my father was diagnosed with dementia that his mother had it also. I took care of my father until he passed away last week...so I'm freaking out about having it...and my kids having to take care of me.

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Equal_Insect8488@reddit

There are blood tests now that can detect it years before symptoms. Also genetic testing, but don't go through your insurance and take steps to ensure privacy. Also, given that we didn't really know what causes ALZ, those genetic tests are more correlation that causation

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pixelgeekgirl@reddit

This is hands down my biggest fear. My maternal grandmother had dementia, my paternal grandmother had Alzheimer’s. I have reiterated to my kids over and over to put me in a home if that happens. I don’t want them taking care of me.

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BigRudy99@reddit

Neurological conditions run strong in my family. Als, Parkinsons, dementia, Bells Palsy. I've always hoped for a random death before I catch one of those nasty demons.

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MagentaGiraffe13@reddit

Everything, because having had cancer whose treatment caused my immune system to turn on me in the form of hashimotos, Addison’s disease and type 1 diabetes I know anything can happen; and it’s what you don’t even think about that gets you.

However, I also don’t let myself think about it because I want to enjoy my life. I’m not saying it’s easy but it’s been doable so far.

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Seyforth@reddit

Blood clot

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TowerOfSisyphus@reddit

Conservatism

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CoderPro225@reddit

Crohn’s. I have celiac disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, and PCOS that eventually caused diabetes. But autoimmune diseases tend to bring along friends, and my cousin with celiac has Crohn’s. It terrifies me.

I’m also afraid of dementia, but grandparents on one side never got it. Could be slightly questionable on the other side, but I really think they didn’t have it, even though they passed at an earlier age. No doctor even suggested testing for them. So that scares me, but it’s not as close to being plausible in my mind.

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Forest_of_Cheem@reddit

I have ankylosing spondylitis and I’m also terrified of anything like Crohn’s. I already have gi issues, I don’t want troubles that lead to pooping in a bag through a hole in my abdomen. I’m also afraid of things like MS, which I believe are common from the biologic meds. Autoimmune and their friends, lol.

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cthulhus_spawn@reddit

I have one right now if that makes you feel any better.

I had a leg procedure that had a less than 1% chance of throwing a blood clot and I was the lucky winner.

I'm on super strength blood thinners and in about 10 days I go back and see if it dissolved.

Every time I feel the slightest pain in my chest I'm like, that's it, it's in my lung, I'm going to die.

Personally I have an irrational fear of terrible things happening to my eyes and lo and behold! I have both cataracts and glaucoma.

Fuck I'm old. (57)

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mylocker15@reddit

Hanta-ebola with a dash of mad cow and a side of legionnaires thanks to the news.

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Melodic_Caramel1777@reddit

Irrational ailment - flesh eating bacteria where you can lose limbs and/or die. This happened to a daughter of a friend and a friend of a friend, so it doesn’t seem irrational even though it may be.

Rational ailment - dementia. Lost my beloved grandmother to this, and my mother in law, too. Such a horrific, nightmare way to slowly die.

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profjamie4102005@reddit

My mother has had DVT, and her three sisters have experienced them also (one of them died from it). So yeah, I’m with you!

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CommissarCiaphisCain@reddit

Quicksand

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funsized43@reddit

I really thought it was going to be a much bigger problem.

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AZPeakBagger@reddit

I live about five minutes away from a state park that has both quicksand and killer bees. Worst thing about quicksand is that you might lose a shoe and sink down to your knees. But the bees around here kill at least one person a year.

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Naive_Finding_1287@reddit

100% Pure GenX

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Murky_Possibility_68@reddit

I'm seeing these ads that people who punch things in their sleep get Parkinsons and even my sleep doctor doesn't seem to care about my night terrors, so that.

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uberpickle@reddit

Oh dear. Now I'm worried about my husband.

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floofymonstercat@reddit

I have had suffered from tension headaches since I was a kid. Oddly my high blood pressure meds seemed to alleviated them. So, when I get a headache now I think it might be a Brain Aneurysm and it is game over. To speak of DVT, I had a very random leg pain and was prescribed a sonogram to rule out DVT, it was nothing, and made me change providers cause everyone minus the sonogram tech were complete assholes about my health care concerns.

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Infinite-Lychee-182@reddit

I haven't had to survive a stroke yet, so probably that.

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Critical-Bass7021@reddit

I had one when I was 31. Luckily I was young.

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GroovyGmaIvy@reddit

I’m a retired medical assistant and I’ve seen thousands of DVTs. The thing I’m worried about is diabetes. I’ve also been diagnosed with death anxiety.

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Walts_Ahole@reddit

I'd say you're spot on with the deep vein thrombosis fear.

I work in a niche field where sometimes I'll get 20,000 steps a day not including climbing stairs & ladders while other days I'll be glued to my screen for hours without moving an inch.

So the VP shows up on site, walks past my office without stopping, my boss Donald comes back and says "dammit Walt, you know I don't care about your feet up on your desk but can't you keep em off while Kevin is here?" Safety guy Wally has perfect timing and walks past "hey Wally, when I'm sitting here for hours on end, keeping my feet elevated helps me avoid the deep vein thrombosis right?" "you're absolutely right Walt". Donald didn't expect that but I'm positive he was laughing after Kevin left.

Only my name changed to protect the guilty. Donald, Wally, Kevin - miss ya'll, you're great folks & we made a helluva team.

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ZzzzzPopPopPop@reddit

This was a sweet little story

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overmonk@reddit

When I was 45 I got my wake-up call that my cardio system is what’s going to kill me. It’s not random at all - I know what it’s going to feel like (really bad). And then I’ll probably die.

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Glad_Nobody6992@reddit

I’ve worked for the past 20 years in the disability space. I see claims everyday and while some are bullshit, some are terrifying.

I’d say the scariest to me is oral/nasal/neck cancer. The removal of large parts of the face or jaw, the inability to eat or swallow.

That or sepsis. People have woken up after weeks out and find that their limbs have been amputated. I just cannot imagine coming to terms with that.

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SlyFrog@reddit

The slowly losing your abilities and dying horribly over time stuff.

Parkinsons, ALS, dementia/Alzheimer's, Lewy Body, that sort of stuff.

I mean like most everyone else I suppose, I want to go to bed feeling absolutely fine and just not wake up. I don't know of anyone who wants to actively know they're dying and go through pain and suffering of any appreciable amount.

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Pantokraterix@reddit

Mine are ALS, stomach cancer, and rabies.

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Pretend-Metal-8403@reddit

Lock jaw

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Spare-Good-5372@reddit

Radiation poisoning

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Pretend-Metal-8403@reddit

Sepsis and Lyme disease

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dinkeydonuts@reddit

Dementia.

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doinmabest1@reddit

Fibromyalgia. I have interstitial cystitis which is also an autoimmune disease. With one you can easily have the other. My best friend was just diagnosed with breast cancer so that’s fully on my mind too

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Starkville@reddit

CANCER

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LeighofMar@reddit

I have UC so I worry about complications or having it lead to colon cancer. I can deal with the disease more or less but I really don't want to rot from the inside out.

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electrodog1999@reddit

I have MS, hopefully that’s the only one that gets me. I ‘lucked out’ and have the relapsing/remitting type and it’s been in remission for 8 years and still going strong. I get tired fast but that’s really the only downside for me right now.

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JournalistFew6829@reddit

Sepsis

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drifter3026@reddit

As of a couple days ago, this shot up to the top of my list.

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JJQuantum@reddit

I really don’t want to get any kind of dementia as I grow older. My wife’s mom and grandmother both had Alzheimer’s so she is very afraid of it.

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Imadethis23@reddit

A stroke and becoming a burden to my family.

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snideghoul@reddit

Bacterial Meningitis. I learned how fast it could kill you when I was in my 20s and worried about it all the time. Now, of course, I welcome anything that's not a slow death requiring lots of contact with the American health care system.

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shan68ok01@reddit

This one is easy to fix! Just go ahead and get three or four(there's some debate as to whether I had a third clot or the second one didn't fully dissolve) DVTs, and your cardiologist with put you on preventative blood thinners for life. Also, live with a nurse or two that will encourage you to go to the doctor with the new pain in your leg.

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notevenapro@reddit

I work in medical imaging. My list is long.

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Outside_Avocado8963@reddit

Dementia or Alzheimer’s. Stroke is high on the list too. I don’t want to end up a shell of who I am now, or be a burden to my family. Or not know who my family is anymore, it’s terrifying.

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KitsMalia@reddit

Having had an aneurysm found and repaired (2 stents placed in there), I'm terrified I'll either get another one or the one that was fixed will develop a clot and I'll have a stroke. Any time I get a head pain, especially in the area of the fixed one), I panic.

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chaosrulz0310@reddit

All - because I have had DVT, at least 2 mild strokes and a splenic infarction due to a clot and pancreatitis due to same clot that killed spleen. My dad and uncle have a-fib, dad has had multiple strokes, grandmother had an aneurysm and my aunt has had breast cancer multiple times and my grandmother also had breast cancer. I have PCOS, hormone issues and migraines. I just figure at some point my body will turn on me again and take me out.

PSA don’t underestimate the risk of DVT from sitting in office chair. I was working 12-14 hours a day when I got mine. No symptoms other than leg pain like a Charlie horse one random Saturday, went to dr on Tuesday because it wouldn’t stop hurting. He said I had no outward signs of a clot so prescribed muscle relaxers but then because he’s overly cautious sometimes sent me for Doppler on a whim “just in case” . Ended up with a massive clot on leg and several in lungs.

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Ok_Kick6546@reddit

Buddy, you need a reboot!

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NPC261939@reddit

Cancer. I exercise daily, and eat clean. It doesn't really matter. It's a numbers game, and I'm not one for good luck.

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DragonflyMomma6671@reddit

Aneurism. Terrifying. Usually don't know they are there until they decide "today is a good day, let's see if we can kill them."

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-Granby-@reddit

DVT. Blood clots. Heart attack. Stroke. Some type of cancer. Those are the usual worries. Been trying to get checked out though. Just had a full lipid panel and metabolic panel done as well as thyroid, kidney and liver functions and everything is good. In 2024 I had an angiogram and a calcium score done and those were good. Calcium score was zero and my ejection fraction was good.

My blood pressure is under control with meds. I take a baby aspirin because I worry about clots. I wear compression socks. Stopped caffeine, weed, nicotine pouches and Kratom. Never drink Alcohol. Sodium intake is down by at least 50%. Just need to get the colonoscopy and then maybe I can relax a little bit about my health.

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Kimber80@reddit

A normal cough turning into it deadly lung infection like that NASCAR driver just died of.

I routinely panic and rushed to the clinic anytime symptoms of a cold set in.

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gen_what_x_ever@reddit

Ha, DVT is mine too. Everytime I get a random cramp in my leg I think, "this is the end". Second place is a brain aneurysm everytime I get a headache.

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trUth_b0mbs@reddit

Cancer. Too many people have it or have had it.

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BuckyGoldman@reddit

Just imagine me dropping every known medical diagnostic manual ever made upon a rickety card table. THIS

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Raynet11@reddit

I had back problems in my late 20’s and 30’s two surgeries later with permanent nerve damage, I couldn’t tell when I had to number two for 7 years, severe drop foot and muscle atrophy in my left calf muscle and my left calf always twitching involuntarily. I am super thankful I can still walk and didn’t end up in a wheelchair. The pain endured during that time period was awful it ruined quality of life. So that’s the ailment I would prefer not to return ever

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