I've been sick for a while now. Being sick always makes me irritable, incoherent, unable to take decisions, tired, etc. This time around, I noticed that it has also made me superstitious and gullible. My decisions are driven by fear and precedent. The fear is irrational, of course, because what I have is most likely just viral fever.
I'd rather refer my kids' paediatrician than a regular physician. I'd rather have their Crocin syrup than the antipyretic prescribed to me. I want to go with the tried and proven, even if it doesn't relate to my situation at all. At each point I've stopped myself from going with the irrational choice.
Today I caught myself looking for a specific spoon in order to consume some cough syrup. Then my brain tried convincing my brain that this was because that spoon had the right measure (but I've never measured that spoon). And because it places the syrup in my mouth the right way (hilarious). Pseudo science, basically.
Right now I'm in no position to read much. When I'm better I'd like to read research on this. How a little bit of sickness and stress makes us so irrational. It's scary, really. Could I make equally poor decisions when stressed by other factors, such as an accident, or hunger, or financial distress.
I see that it is a bad decision to have made this post. But here I am.
I'd rather refer my kids' paediatrician than a regular physician. I'd rather have their Crocin syrup than the antipyretic prescribed to me. I want to go with the tried and proven, even if it doesn't relate to my situation at all. At each point I've stopped myself from going with the irrational choice.
Today I caught myself looking for a specific spoon in order to consume some cough syrup. Then my brain tried convincing my brain that this was because that spoon had the right measure (but I've never measured that spoon). And because it places the syrup in my mouth the right way (hilarious). Pseudo science, basically.
Right now I'm in no position to read much. When I'm better I'd like to read research on this. How a little bit of sickness and stress makes us so irrational. It's scary, really. Could I make equally poor decisions when stressed by other factors, such as an accident, or hunger, or financial distress.
I see that it is a bad decision to have made this post. But here I am.