I have an irrational fear of hiccups. Every time I get them, I am convinced they will never go away and I will live the rest of my life, hiccuping. I get so upset that I will do anything to make them go away. And without fail, I practically give myself a panic attack. Which of course, makes them worse. My irrational fear became a rational fear, when the “hiccup girl” became famous some years back for hiccuping for several months straight.
My once irrational fear, was now a rational fear. And I feared I could be next.
A few years after the Hiccup Girl became a national sensation, she was back in the news… for allegedly murdering someone during a botched robbery attempt. Her mother blamed the “curse” of her hiccups for turning her sweet daughter into a horrible monster.
Nothing good comes from hiccups.
I got the hiccups today. They only lasted for about 10 minutes. It felt like an eternity. I wrote out my will.
Dramatic? Nah.
