Posting hospital pictures

[Irish24]

I don’t know if it’s just me but i get fed up or just very irritated at people constantly posting pictures of them in hospital stuff that’s wrong with them etc. I just find it draining. I just feel illnesses are very personal and private unless raising awareness which I get but this isn’t for awareness it just seems attention seeking.
ive got to the stage where I’ve been ignoring it and feeling numb

It’s even worse when it’s a drip feed and they don’t say why they are there. Massively attention seeking

This is exactly what this person posted. We all know what it is and it must be awful to constantly be in and out oh hospital but we don’t need to constantly be hearing about it and I don’t know what else they want us to say or do other than ‘hope you feel better soon’. Phones and social media of someone in a vulnerable state whether you posted it yourself or not I just don’t understand

All social media is attention seeking.

Not sure that illnesses have to be personal and private though, if someone wants to use social media to get a bit of sympathy and support then why not? Much better than struggling alone imo.

I think it depends how is done for example my daughter was in hospital for a long time and people did want updates, i don't have loads of people on my social media and i posted positive updates only, e.g i posted to say she had recovered well after surgery rather than posting my worries before she went to surgery.

I’ve a cousin that posted a picture on social media of an IV drip in her arm with no information. I dislike said cousin.

I think everyone is allowed to have their own feelings and choose to not share if they don’t want to or share if they do. I’m not generally down on people who are seeking attention: if somebody is sad, lonely, feels ignored or as though nobody cares about them, whatever it is that leads them to want to generate attention for themselves by posting about being in hospital then ultimately that’s somebody who probably isn’t in a great place emotionally or with their self esteem and is trying to get people to notice them. If sending a message hoping they get well soon is what it takes to give them a bit of validation - well, that’s no skin off my back, and I can be thankful that I have good mental health and brilliant self esteem and don’t have to feel the same.

That seems fine but it’s just the pictures with no explanation and pictures of medication that they are on. I don’t know I just find it strange and bizarre.

Yanbu.

The photo of the drip going into the arm with the vaguest caption about whats wrong with them. Or literally just a check in. And when people inevitably ask, the response is "I'll DM you hun".

Attention Whores 🙄

But when it’s constant it does get very tiring

Then remove them from your SM, you're choosing to still have them on there.

I agree. I remember seeing my niece in a hospital bed. With a a minor ailment while I was in the middle of chemotherapy and not telling anyone. I wondered then at the motivation ? Why? It's blatant attention seeking

If you don’t really like the person and find them tiresome, just unfollow their profile or hide them from your feed. If you’re not close then they’re probably not thinking about you and your response when they post. If they want to let you know personally when they’re unwell, they’ll text you.

This person is also in a group chat of mine too and posting it in there as well. I’ve muted the chat and can’t leave because some good friends are in it. She’s more an acquaintance than a friend. I don’t respond to it but it’s hard when you click in and it’s there

Constantly?
Really?

It's bum worms.

If someone just posts an IV pic or a hospital waiting room pic I can only assume they have intractable bum worms and that's why they're too embarrassed to say what they're there for.

OP you obviously know this person relatively well and seems they must have an ongoing medical issue by the sounds of things? I’m struggling to understand why this is bothering you - if it’s a big part of her life at the moment it’s bound to be something she’s likely to share.

Agree with others though if it’s annoying you this much just hide their social media profile.

I hate seeing hospital pictures as well, and that includes people on the news. Some are to garner attention, like the granny who went to Disney Florida and fell ill. Kids especially o don”t like, especially when they’re in a coma overuse ill.

Pre-internet days, my dc was in hospital and my mother took pictures of him. I don’t know why and I’ve never wanted to see them . It wasn’t a holiday!!

I have a niece who was constantly posting this sort of stuff on SM. Checking in at the hospital on Facebook or posting photos. Then the comments were all "lots rong hun?" and her replies were "Ill PM you babs two many snakes on here."

Even worse when they're photos of their kids, or other vulnerable unsuspecting relatives who can't give informed consent.

I don’t have an issue with it at all.

Yeah this is the kind of blatant attention seeking post that grates on me. And then when someone inevitably asks what's wrong the reply Is "I'll pm you hun".

This reminds me of two posts I have made, the first I posted a pic of me in the ambulance BUT I said what was wrong and that given i needed to be monitored I was posting so people could keep me company (which they did and I ended up catching up with friends I don't normally chat too which was a lovely bonus)
My second post was very tongue in cheek and basically said I was annoyed that I forgot to post and "check in" at a&e as I was now home so I had missed my attention seeking opportunity, I didn't say what was wrong and replied to any comments with I'll PM you babes 😂
I agree the attention seeking posts are annoying and it sounds like what this acquaintance of yours is doing, however in general most of the people I know are either taking the easy option to update everyone in one go rather than lots of individual messages or they are looking for company and those types of posts don't annoy me at all.

When my dad was suffering through his final weeks someone I know (who is a know drama llama) keep telling me I should get a photo of him because they wanted to see what he looked like. At the time I was too tired and dazed and just kept saying no. But looking back now I'm more like WTF.

It’s when they are posting selfies in the back of an ambulance. They should get a smack around the head and kicked out the door.

Then there’s the ones who post IVs. I used to follow one girl who would be constantly in hospital, she would rotate between different ones and smirk with excitement when she was in a hospital bed.

And when people “check in” at said hospital with nothing else said on the post to gain comments. Sad attention seeking, it is quite boring.