When I was a young boy I would get sick pretty regularly (headaches, fever, nausea, the works). Now that I’m a grown man I rarely experience such extremes. Instead I find myself in more of a long term state of vague apathy and shittiness.
That makes me wonder if my immune system truly has improved, or if I simply lost touch with my feelings.
Around my 30s, I would get sick a lot because I took public transportation. Also the air quality in the city I lived was really bad. I lived near a major road so car fumes was a normal smell.
In my 40s, pandemic taught me to wash my hands better. I have a lot better habits. I moved to a city where the air was way better. I now reduce situations where I’m in like funky situations where I can get sick.
I went from being sick 15-30 days a year to like 1-5 days a year. It’s been a crazy transformation.