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Poll: How healthy/sickly were you as a child, on a chronic basis (say until age 13) Stuff that gets called a “weak constitution” like coughs/colds/asthma/poor digestion etc. Not so much acute stuff like chicken pox or broken bones.
  • Chronically weak/sickly
    8%
  • Somewhat weak/sickly
    18.8%
  • Mostly healthy/robust
    39.2%
  • Very robust, rarely sick
    34%
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Shit. Just as I suspected. This explains so much. My entire comparative advantage in life is derived from being chronically weak and sickly as a child.
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Had very serious dermatitis the first 4-5 years, aka super-itchy wounds all over. Vanished in early childhood, only to reappear in my teens. Have been struggling with it ever since. At least the meds keep it at bay.
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