Just want to thank the author and poster for sharing this. These are the thoughtful, intellectual, helpful articles that make this site worth continuing to come back to. Ditto on the discussion.
While I've never worked with YC directly (though have lots of friends who have been involved with YC in one way or another), I found HN during the pandemic and it has been my favorite place on the internet ever since. I have learned so much from this community, across so many different disciplines. I truly cherish the community we have here and I thank Dang, PG and others for maintaining this gem in a hidden corner of the internet. And while I agree there have been some changes even in the time I've been a part of the site, it's still the best online group of people I've ever come across. Thank you also to all of you who make this such a great, informative, inclusive community.
Great comment and matches my experience exactly. I suffered from inexplicable nausea similar to the author for years, not realizing the stress of my work was causing it. Ran all the same tests as the author, had similar experiences with doctors. Was dismissive about stress as a potential factor. Only when I had a “large life change” like you described — a sabbatical in my case - did things get better.
Completely changed my perspective on how stress can physically affect a person.