Not sick enough to miss work, but too sick to do anything else.

You’ve always got a runny nose…

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Or a cough…

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Or both :(

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And you’re always in the middle ground between “too sick to stay at home” and “not sick enough to stay home from work”.

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People are always looking at you when you’re on the bus or train because you’re sniffling the whole time.

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And you’re at work a lot of the time feeling like your brain is running out of your nose.

And you're at work a lot of the time feeling like your brain is running out of your nose.

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People are always asking you if you have allergies.

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And you dream of going ~one day~ without reaching for the Kleenex.

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If you ever DO get sick it always takes a while for you realise, because you’re so used to being in this sick-limbo state.

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You worry if people get irritated by your forced mouth breathing.

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If you’re at the gym you’re prone more to a runny nose than sweat.

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You can never explain to your boss what level of sickness you are hitting.

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You get a reputation around the office for always coming in sick to work but you’re just not, like, really sick?

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And people always get frustrated you’ll “make them sick.”

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But you know this level of sickness isn’t contagious.

Being semi-sick: It sucks.

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