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Own illnesses: ignore until it can't be ignored and/or suffer in silence
Others' illnesses: accommodating and nurturing - the grab-you-chicken-soup variety

Somehow I've convinced myself I don't really have many needs and everything will work out either way. It always helps to have someone around who can help me take care of myself.
I know the variety who is like the first, and then treats others like the first too. Not very comforting.