Social Anxiety Support

filledwithfear1 · 10-18-2009, 12:38 PM

Okay I'm 21. I work at mc donalds and I had to put some chicken in a hot metal basket and while I was doing that, the basket was melting the pastic and I was breathing the fumes in without realizing it. Can I get lung cancer if this is a rare thing?

Btw, I'm also not a smoker, and I don't hang around smokers.

pokeherpro · 10-18-2009, 12:42 PM

You'd be more likely to get cancer by eating the food there...let's be friends, you can get me a discount at McDonalds.

shadowmask · 10-18-2009, 12:43 PM

No. As long as you don't eat anything from McDonald's, you'll be fine.

millenniumman75 · 10-18-2009, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by filledwithfear1

Okay I'm 21. I work at mc donalds and I had to put some chicken in a hot metal basket and while I was doing that, the basket was melting the pastic and I was breathing the fumes in without realizing it. Can I get lung cancer if this is a rare thing?

Btw, I'm also not a smoker, and I don't hang around smokers.

Nope.....PROLONGED exposure, over like months or years would cause it.

Hypochondriasis.

ostorozhno · 10-20-2009, 04:23 AM

I don't know if you can get cancer, but I'm sure breathing in fumes from melting plastic isn't good for you.

zomgz · 10-20-2009, 05:18 AM

eating the food is more likely lol xD that stuff is baddddd for ya =/ i wouldn't worry about just breathing that in once in a while on accident, i think it would take a lot of prolonged exposure

Duke of Prunes · 10-20-2009, 05:33 AM

You breathe in worse stuff walking down a busy street (with cars, not people, unless they're all smoking) .

mind_games · 10-20-2009, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Duke of Prunes

You breathe in worse stuff walking down a busy street (with cars, not people, unless they're all smoking) .

I don't think this line of thinking is gonna help him

zookeeper · 10-20-2009, 09:58 PM

If I were you I would take up smoking and then you wouldn't need to worry about the plastic.

veryalone · 10-20-2009, 10:35 PM

You have worse issues than worrying about random things that can cause you physical harm. Try to overcome your hypochondria before you start worrying about real or imagined things..

flinty · 10-20-2009, 10:37 PM

i used to be really scared of having diseases. in fact, i probably talked about all the diseases, i was convinced that i had, for years!! i found, after working hard in therapy, that i was able to put my fears in perspective. {btw--i also learned that worrying and stressing about having a disease is not good for the immune system.}

and, i finally had to give myself a break---it's really tough to be scared all the time of having a dreadful disease....i know cuz i've been there. and, i don't stress so much about diseases today. i just take care of myself the best i can--and, when necessary, i limit my exposure to people, places, and things that might exacerbate my fears, and my obsessive thoughts. it's just too hard to be frightened and "on the alert" all the time. i found that it was just too exhausting. the biggest thing i learned in therapy was to just be nice to myself....and to stop torturing myself with such disturbing thoughts.

i hope this helps...and, i wish you the best of luck with this stuff

UltraShy · 10-20-2009, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by millenniumman75

Hypochondriasis.

That would be my diagnosis as well.

Zephyr · 10-21-2009, 09:52 AM

Just use it as motivation to get a better job.

10-18-2009, 12:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
filledwithfear1 Status: Permanently Banned Join Date: Sep 2009 Gender: Male Age: 21 Posts: 125	Can I get lung cancer from this? Okay I'm 21. I work at mc donalds and I had to put some chicken in a hot metal basket and while I was doing that, the basket was melting the pastic and I was breathing the fumes in without realizing it. Can I get lung cancer if this is a rare thing? Btw, I'm also not a smoker, and I don't hang around smokers.

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shadowmask Status: Seeing stars Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: TN Gender: Male Age: 23 Posts: 1,083	No. As long as you don't eat anything from McDonald's, you'll be fine. __________________ Basically, I'm complicated I have a hard time taking the easy way I wouldn't call it schizophrenia But I'll be at least two people today

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zomgz Status: Wherever The Winds Fly Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Washington Gender: Male Age: 19 Posts: 600	eating the food is more likely lol xD that stuff is baddddd for ya =/ i wouldn't worry about just breathing that in once in a while on accident, i think it would take a lot of prolonged exposure __________________ Chained to the bottom of the ocean floor, it's like running underwater. Feel free to add me to: Myspace \| Facebook \| Mindviz

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zookeeper Status: The floor is lava!! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Soap Fortress Gender: Male Age: 30 Posts: 1,066	If I were you I would take up smoking and then you wouldn't need to worry about the plastic. __________________ You leapt into the abyss, but find It only goes up to your knees, ~ Nick Cave

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pokeherpro Status: Previously Banned Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Canada eh? Gender: Male Age: 25 Posts: 1,375	You'd be more likely to get cancer by eating the food there...let's be friends, you can get me a discount at McDonalds.

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Duke of Prunes Status: A prune isn't a vegetable Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: England Gender: Male Age: 18 Posts: 208	You breathe in worse stuff walking down a busy street (with cars, not people, unless they're all smoking) .

10-20-2009, 10:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
veryalone Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 36	You have worse issues than worrying about random things that can cause you physical harm. Try to overcome your hypochondria before you start worrying about real or imagined things..

10-20-2009, 10:37 PM	#11 (permalink)
flinty Status: just doin' my thing... Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Northern California Gender: Female Age: 48 Posts: 21	i used to be really scared of having diseases. in fact, i probably talked about all the diseases, i was convinced that i had, for years!! i found, after working hard in therapy, that i was able to put my fears in perspective. {btw--i also learned that worrying and stressing about having a disease is not good for the immune system.} and, i finally had to give myself a break---it's really tough to be scared all the time of having a dreadful disease....i know cuz i've been there. and, i don't stress so much about diseases today. i just take care of myself the best i can--and, when necessary, i limit my exposure to people, places, and things that might exacerbate my fears, and my obsessive thoughts. it's just too hard to be frightened and "on the alert" all the time. i found that it was just too exhausting. the biggest thing i learned in therapy was to just be nice to myself....and to stop torturing myself with such disturbing thoughts. i hope this helps...and, i wish you the best of luck with this stuff __________________ ...may i be slow to anger, and quick to listen

10-21-2009, 09:52 AM	#13 (permalink)
Zephyr Status: gone Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 9,579	Just use it as motivation to get a better job. __________________