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ShroomyJay
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People cough at me everywhere I go - PATM
#22218411 - 09/10/15 07:38 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Anyone out there have experience with PATM?
It's really driving me crazy. I can't go anywhere without people coughing, clearing their throat, scratching themselves, sneezing. As soon as I leave my apartment I can hear people start to cough. As I walk down the street, even people who are upwind from me start to cough. All day long at work, my coworkers cough at me. I sometimes get dirty looks from people who think I must be the biggest stoner, and that's what's making them cough.
At one point, I actually thought it might be weed related, but after taking a break from smoking, the situation only got worse. I can't talk to anybody about it, my self confidence has vanished, I feel like I'm in hell. I know I'm not the only one who experiences PATM, but nobody seems to have any answers.
This seems to be a worldwide phenomenon, and it can really ruin people's lives. Just wanted to share my experience. It's hard to hope for a solution when nobody in the medical community seems to be taking this seriously.
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Re: People cough at me everywhere I go - PATM [Re: ShroomyJay]
#22218429 - 09/10/15 07:41 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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How do you come to the conclusion that you smoking weed is making everyone around you cough?
That makes no sense to me at all
Edit: I just looked up what PATM means and that's pretty fucked up
How do you know it's you causing them to cough and not simply their environment/health choices?
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ShroomyJay
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Re: People cough at me everywhere I go - PATM [Re: OhMrJohnson]
#22218438 - 09/10/15 07:42 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I didn't come to that conclusion. My coworkers do however.
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Re: People cough at me everywhere I go - PATM [Re: ShroomyJay]
#22218447 - 09/10/15 07:45 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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dude people are just messy, that's it. you are reading too much into it brotha.
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Re: People cough at me everywhere I go - PATM [Re: ShroomyJay]
#22218471 - 09/10/15 07:49 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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That's when you deliberately blow smoke at them to piss them off
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Re: People cough at me everywhere I go - PATM [Re: InfiniteToker]
#22218474 - 09/10/15 07:51 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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InfiniteToker said: dude people are just messy, that's it. you are reading too much into it brotha.
That's kinda what I think
I've never even heard of PATM (People Are Allergic To Me) before I saw this thread
Clearly it is a thing though or at least a Google search seems to indicate that it is
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Re: People cough at me everywhere I go - PATM [Re: ShroomyJay]
#22218517 - 09/10/15 08:01 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yeah I always hated people who got buthrt about cigarette smoke
I can understand if it's like right next to them or in an enclosed space or somewhere they can't get away from it
But outside where they can just walk away and choose to bitch anyway, I would've just told those people to piss off
I don't smoke anymore though I vape, so now people ask me why my e-cig smells like cookies
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Re: People cough at me everywhere I go - PATM [Re: ShroomyJay]
#22218600 - 09/10/15 08:25 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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People are coughing at you because they think you're doing something illegal and they're subconsciously jealous that you get away with it, and so they do that thinking they're being subtly smart and calling you out in what they think is a non blatant manner.
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Re: People cough at me everywhere I go - PATM [Re: ShroomyJay]
#22218604 - 09/10/15 08:25 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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PATM is very real, it's not just in my head unless I'm able to make people cough via mind control. My coworkers are very much aware of the fact that my presence makes them cough. I overheard one girl talk about how she can sense me coming down the hallway because her throat gets tickled.
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ShroomyJay
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Quote:
passifloracaerulea said: People are coughing at you because they think you're doing something illegal and they're subconsciously jealous that you get away with it, and so they do that thinking they're being subtly smart and calling you out in what they think is a non blatant manner.
Yeah I wish it were that simple, but it happens everywhere I go, with perfect strangers, small children especially. It really is a nightmare.
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Re: People cough at me everywhere I go - PATM [Re: ShroomyJay]
#22218652 - 09/10/15 08:41 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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you sound like a mentalist
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Re: People cough at me everywhere I go - PATM [Re: ShroomyJay]
#22218656 - 09/10/15 08:42 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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336 said: Do you smell? Or are we talking about some psychedelic telepathic shit?
No smell. Some people who suffer from this do think it's something telepathic, like one person having an effect on another's subconscious. And some think it's demonic or spirits. The best explanation I've heard along those lines is something called kundalini syndrome. But I don't know what to think myself...
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Re: People cough at me everywhere I go - PATM [Re: Mad_Larkin]
#22218662 - 09/10/15 08:44 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Mad_Larkin said: you sound like a mentalist
Are you calling me crazy?
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Re: People cough at me everywhere I go - PATM [Re: ShroomyJay]
#22218675 - 09/10/15 08:45 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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more or less, yeah
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Re: People cough at me everywhere I go - PATM [Re: ShroomyJay]
#22218684 - 09/10/15 08:47 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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You have to understand that everybody does to a degree feel other people's signals. You are internalizing beyond belief. You would be surprised how few shits people give about you.
Take today for example. How many new people do you remember?
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Re: People cough at me everywhere I go - PATM [Re: MoxyOx]
#22218694 - 09/10/15 08:48 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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MoxyOx said: You have to understand that everybody does to a degree feel other people's signals. You are internalizing beyond belief. You would be surprised how few shits people give about you.
Take today for example. How many new people do you remember?
just ur mum
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Re: People cough at me everywhere I go - PATM [Re: Mad_Larkin]
#22218697 - 09/10/15 08:48 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Mad_Larkin said: more or less, yeah
Can't say that doesn't hurt my feelings, but why should you care...
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Re: People cough at me everywhere I go - PATM [Re: ShroomyJay]
#22218698 - 09/10/15 08:48 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I wanna meet this guy IRL and see if I start coughing
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Re: People cough at me everywhere I go - PATM [Re: ShroomyJay]
#22218704 - 09/10/15 08:49 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: People cough at me everywhere I go - PATM [Re: Mad_Larkin]
#22218745 - 09/10/15 08:57 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Oh yea, what did she say?
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