One thing we have all been victims of. I missed a day outside of school this year because I saw one of my friends wasn't feeling well and the next day or two I felt like I caught what this person had. That thought process of “Oh, he/she is sick, now I’m going to get it.” » This in itself is a somewhat negative state of mind. Kind of like we're playing the victim card in the drama triangle. Many people, especially teenagers like me, take the point of view of. “Oh, I’m so sick.” I feel bad. There's nothing I could have done, it's a big problem going around the school. Turning this disease into some sort of aggressor. Now here's the real problem, people are told not to take illnesses that are completely in someone's head any less seriously than actual illnesses. Although the thought of being sick can make a person physically ill. Isn't that crazy? All because I think I have the flu, that I can actually give myself flu symptoms that are theoretically just as bad, all because I thought I had the flu? It would once again be the negative and pessimistic point of view that would take over. Telling yourself over and over again that you don't feel anything