Hi Pete,

I totally understand what you mean about people with nothing wrong with them coming to us to complain!!!

I have a few people in my family that always come to me when they are having troubles and it is sooo frustrating at times!! They know for a fact that I have RSD and am under quite a lot of stress with school etc but still think that it is OK for them to come to me and complain!!! My aunty is really bad. When I tell her that I have been in hospital for a treatment or something, she always changes the subject back to her and says she feels terrible or something. She is the type of person that is ALWAYS complaining and if you have a cold, she has Pneumonia!! It is so frustrating at times, especially when I have a lot going on!!!

I honestly don't mind helping people but it's really frustrating sometimes when you don't feel well and someone is always saying that they are worse than you or something! I'm sure some people in my family think it's a competition to see who has the worst problems when it isn't at all!!!!

My mum is always telling me that I need to stop helping people as much as I do when i'm not feeling well but I find it hard sometimes. I guess I am just one of those types of people that likes helping people and hates telling someone that I can't do something as i'm not feeling too well. I was told that I have a 'Type A' personality and I guess it's true!

Thanks for bringing up an interesting thread, Pete and for allowing me to get things off my chest a bit also!!

Alison.