Illnesses and Injuries....

[kathlyn]

Not that I know of.

[Bunnylump]

I don't know how anyone can get in one of those. I have a recurring nightmare about being in a submarine!!

[kathlyn]

I used to hate having to go on them when they were tied up alongside for cocktail parties etc. I knew the way out incase it stared sinking and I would have fought tooth and nail if anyone got in my way.

sorry we seem to have gone off topic a bit

[Bunnylump]

I NEVER do that.
...claustrophobia is a sort of illness...

[kathlyn]

yes, I think I've got it as I hate small spaces and also need to know the way out of crowded places.

[Scurra]

Doesn't an illness have to be transmissible in some form?
Yes, I know there are some things that are classed as illnesses that aren't transmissible. but I don't believe any -phobias are transmissible (except through deliberately inducing them, which might count?)

[kathlyn]

We could start a whole dialogue about what constitutes an illness or disease. For instance Rheumatoid Athritis is one such point - you are ill with it but it's not tranmissable.

[Scurra]

That's a fair point. Maybe it's "disease" I'm thinking of, rather than "illness" as such.
I still don't think a -phobia is an illness though. So, for instance, acrophobia induces vertigo. But so do things like a problem with the inner ear. Now I don't think those two things are remotely similar but they produce similar effects.

[Bunnylump]

Well, to be fair I did just say it's a SORT of illness. And oh, look. Scurra's digressing on a thread.

[kathlyn]

ailment, malady, disease, infection, viruses etc etc etc. We could go on all night but what ever it is that is causing some form of upset within the body is termed an illness - isn't it?

[Scurra]

And oh, look. Scurra's digressing on a thread.

Hang on. This thread is called ILLNESSES AND INJURIES. How can I possibly be digressing when I'm talking about Illnesses?!

[clvrlad]

cos your not talking about putting bunnylump into a submarine

thinking maybe but not talking

[SparkOut]

How'd you like an MRI scan Bunny?

[strep98]

I don't know how anyone can get in one of those. I have a recurring nightmare about being in a submarine!!

I am claustaphobic to, I walk the stair so as not to go in a lift. My nightmare is about being alive in a coffin

[kathlyn]

I've been MRI'd twice. I just took a deep breath (I didn't hold my breath) and closed my eyes and told the person doing the scan to keep talking to me.

Got stuck in a lift once!!!! Only for 5 mins but that was enough!!!!!!!!!

[tricia]

What have I started asking for a submarine!

Tricia

[Bunnylump]

How'd you like an MRI scan Bunny?

Are you offering?

Not at all. I'm in a state just getting on a canal boat or a tube train*. I'd have to be knocked out to get in one of those scanning things.

*Well, or even a real train, as Scurra will testify. He was waiting for me at the station and thought he'd missed me. I had had to get a bottle of water on my way out because I was in such a state. Pathetic, isn't it?? (N.B I probably didn't LOOK like I was in a state of panic, I just TALKED a lot to hide it. Well, a lot more than normal!! )

[giraffe]

My recurrent nightmare is potholing. I go through a hole and then can't go on and can't get back. I feel sick just thinking about it.

[clvrlad]

not a certain bridge in northern ireland ???

[LAT]

I try not to think about that!