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

DH has a relative who does this, amongst other SM crimes. She’s the unwitting light of our lives. She frequently posts the “DM me hun, too many snakes on here.” thing and she’s a nasty bastard who is always falling out with people and ranting on FB. She gets banned occasionally. She’s very community minded when it comes to sharing stuff about “peedos” though.

She also makes tat from craft kits and gets pushy about that and posts about the most basic domestic chores like making the bed. DH checks her page daily and I’ve rarely seen him as panicked as when he yelped from the sofa “Fuck! I’ve just liked her post! Can you unlike?…”

He hasn’t met her since childhood.

My DH has a cousin like this. She live streamed kicking her DH out. She was just there throwing his clothes at him whilst shouting “you dirty bastard” I was grateful for her in that moment. I was at the gym at the time and left to go to the cafe and watch 🤣

I posted a hospital picture once. It wasn't for attention, it was to stop the rumours that I was either dead, on life support or in a coma ( depending on who was telling the tale). 😄

It’s an immediate unfollow for me.

I took a photo of myself in my hospital gown and sexy surgical stockings to send to DP when I was bored waiting to go down for surgery would never share it to Facebook in a million years!

DM you hun x

My mother is the worst for this

She loves an ailment-if she decides she has one,nothing will stop her from wasting everyone's time trying to prove she's got it

(and when it's proved she hasn't,on comes the next one)

She adores a trip to the hospital-even better if they keep her in

She's not got fb or any profile on sm sites,but others do

Every single time,she's laid on a bed,trying to look ill,smirk in place,head tilted on the pillow,arm flopped by her sides and if she's on a drip-thats manna from heaven

She'll get my brothers to post it and wait

Of course,people then comment,brothers read it out to her and she soaks up the sympathy

Getting a mobile phone was the best present ever-she can ring people to tell them how she's doing (or she goes quiet and then people will phone her to check she's fine)

It's complicated and pathetic attention seeking

(She's a narcissistic bitch and I'm sure it's linked)

So perfect response to any hospital vaguebooking would be

“oh god hun I’m so sorry, is it the bum worms again?! You just can’t get rid of them!”

My cousin and his wife do this all the time. That also post emotional posts about dogs they have never owned dying. And get loads of sympathy.🤮

I had a friend who fell and needed surgery to pin the bones. She was well in herself. She contacted the last boyfriend she’d had but dumped and blocked after having him do her a massive favour while she was on holiday for a month. He took her to hospital and she had him take loads of photos of her in A&E and then on the ward to put on social media. Then when I didn’t respond in anyway to the SM posts there was passive aggressive posts about being surprised at some people not caring. I’d messaged her regularly while she was in hospital but due to my own circumstances was not able to help out. When she was home I messaged to ask how she was and she ignored me and hasn’t been in contact since. I don’t do SM attention seeking blocks especially from those who are old enough to know better. She’s 55 ffs. She had no interest in the bloke until she needed a favour which speaks volumes about her character.

Stop following people who do this then, I don't have any of this on what little social media I use

So true!

I think posting pics of yourself on social media us weird whatever the setting. Mind you I think it's weird to even be on social media but then I'm a grumpy fucker.

I think I would unfriend people who do this. They can't be close friends anyway or you'd know what was going on for them medically.

Another one I’ve seen is tagging themselves at the GP surgery with the caption ‘time to get some answers!’ 🤣🤣🤣

I think that if that is the constant reality for that child, then banning them from social media for making people uncomfortable could be considered ableist.