I heard this a lot. I had a very stressful job (which I loved - it was good stress for me) and the first reaction I got from many people when I said I was diagnosed with Cushing's was "it's because of your job - you need to do something with fewer hours and less stress." I work for a firm with 600 people, the vast majority of whom are normal weight, active and under the same amount of stress as me! If it's my job, why don't all of us have Cushing's? Is it because I am just not as well-equipped as other people to handle stress? Really?
Being a childless woman in my 40s I was also asked if I got Cushing's because I didn't have children or because I was on birth control pills for a long time and these choices somehow messed up my hormones.....
Myth: It is MY fault that I got Cushing's...
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I heard this a lot. I had a very stressful job (which I loved - it was good stress for me) and the first reaction I got from many people when I said I was diagnosed with Cushing's was "it's because of your job - you need to do something with fewer hours and less stress." I work for a firm with 600 people, the vast majority of whom are normal weight, active and under the same amount of stress as me! If it's my job, why don't all of us have Cushing's? Is it because I am just not as well-equipped as other people to handle stress? Really?
Being a childless woman in my 40s I was also asked if I got Cushing's because I didn't have children or because I was on birth control pills for a long time and these choices somehow messed up my hormones.....