How do you get your parents to stop blaming the habits they hate for your illnesses?

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<p>How do you get your parents to stop blaming the habits they hate for your illnesses?</p>

<p>Like seriously, I might lose my appetite 5% of the time, or get 3 colds a year, or occasionally fail to fall asleep for like 10 nights in a given year. </p>

<p>And then they start blaming the habits of mine they hate for all of my minor illnesses. It’s annoying as hell and it makes me VERY unwilling to bring up any illness of mine to them. </p>

<p>And fact is, even if I was normal, I’d still have those problems. I might even have more problems. Most people occasionally lose their appetite, fail to fall asleep, and get 5-6 colds a year. Plus, my colds only last for 1-2 days anyways.</p>

<p>Oh yeah, and don’t get me started on stupid medical crap that some Chinese parents believe for some reason. Such as “OMG COLD WATER AFTER MEALS = HEART ATTACKS!!!” or “OMG IF YOU HAVE A COLD THEN STOP GOING OUT IN THE COLD”. Okay hello parents, maybe you didn’t know that I actually read medical journals and Pubmed for fun? And that those cause me to procrastinate on my math homework until it’s overdue?</p>

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<p>My dad does the same thing. I was sick in april and missed 3 days of school and i hadnt been that sick in like two years. And he blamed everything on “me being sick all the time.” I just dont tell them if im sick and take care of it myself unless its really that bad. I mean im really not that sick ever. I was sick in july and the urgent care told me i had mono and my dad was like i knew it, i just knew you would get it because your always sick. I went to my actual doctor and she told me i was misdiagnosed and just had a virus for a few days which made sense because i nvr was tired. I was like really dad? Did you know? Because i didnt have it, and your not a doctor! I guess just keep reminding them of the last time you were sick i guess. I share your annoyance:)</p>

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<p>Sry that turned into a rant partially lol :P</p>

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<p>my dad does the same thing! if i’m ever tired, according to him, it’s because i don’t drink enough water or because i quit marching band so i’m not strong anymore.</p>

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<p>Go to college.</p>

<p>That requires a bit of waiting though. -____-</p>