I routinely misdiagnosis myself in a couple different ways. It's not hard to look back on the past few years and see the patterns.
- If I'm sneezing for no apparent reason, I assume it's circumstantial instead of checking if it's allergy season.
- If my stomach hurts, I think I'm hungry regardless of how much I've eaten. It's usually not hunger.
- If I have a headache and brain fog, I assume sleep deprivation when I'm actually just sick.
Every time, I go "huh, that's weird", latch onto the simplest reason, and stop thinking about it.
It's not a hard habit to fix. When I realize the actual cause, I think back on the signs I missed and take a mental note to consider it next time I see them. The goal is to catch myself glossing over it.
Takes a couple tries, but I've got those three down now. Time to chase down the ones I don't realize I'm missing.
You know more than you think,
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Nightly Notes
I'm doing better than yesterday. It could be better.
More than anything else, I want more time.
I think I'm falling into a pattern of slowly writing a bit more each day, then having my progress reset by some external event which takes away my free time. I'm not sure what to do about it.
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