When I got it I thought it was a joke. I had the same attitude. I woke up one day. I coughed soon as I woke up. Literally one cough. cough I thought “wow, that felt a bit scratchy”. You know those cold coughs. But I felt fine. Eventually I noticed I couldn’t smel Anything. So I just chilled out at my apartment for a few days. Smell came back. Bam. Done. Easy. The least sick Iv ever been in my Life. I felt 100% normal. I liked it, it gave me an excuse to tell everybody to leave me the fuck alone.
TBH I'd prefer this over the common cold where I'd normally end up with a bad cough for weeks and raw sinuses. A mild cough, the sniffles, being tired, and modestly lower oxygen capacity just feels like I stayed up too late and went hiking in the mountains in allergy season - and I do that voluntarily.
I'd rather have this than the regular cold/flu. When I was over it, it was a week total. With the cold and flu it usually lingered for a few weeks for me.
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