I am a district auditor for retail stores and yesterday I was in a Radio Shack. There was one guy who worked there who was coughing the whole time and looked really sick. At one point I was standing behind him writing and apparently he didn't know I was behind him. He turned away from the person he was speaking with and turned and coughed right in my face. I won't tell you what I wiped off of my tie. He was very apologetic and I tried to be as nice as I could. All I said to him was "What do you have and what are you taking?".
Well about 3 this morning I started getting really sick, cold sweat, sore throat, cough etc....
Now here is my question: If wasn't thinking about getting sick so much would I still have gotten sick? I know how sometimes a placebo can make someone feel better, so I wonder if it works the other way could I have psyched myself into getting sick? This may not make sense to anyone else, I've been taking quite a bit of Medicine. Any thoughts?