Bittersweet Candy Bowl

I read the comic for two days, and now my stomach hurts. It started yesterday after finishing, and even after 6 hours of sleep, it’s coming back. Did I just read too much and got unconsciously sickened of it? Because the comic’s awesome.

Did you remember to eat?

Now this is intriguing. Heartache becomes stomachache. ^_^

Yeah… That clould be a problem…

are you currently now, or have you ever been infected with blood spiders?

Ohh that’s a sad posibility Q. That may tell alot about your health Evan.

Do you mean the Red Spider Mite? No, I live in the northern part of the U.S., and they apparently only hang around the tropical areas. As for eating, I’ve eaten the normal amount. Thanks for asking that, though! I just thought it was weird I still have the pains, because it’s noon right now, and the pain started up around 6-7 p.m. yesterday, after I finished reading. I was getting the pains when reading about the problems the characters were having. I checked online, and it sounds like I get this when stressed. The thing is, the only other time my stomach felt like this was after I had read a different comic.

odds are you got sick, but were too into the comic to notice. probably mild food poisoning.

Maybe. I’ll check to see how long it lasts. Feels more like I got socked in the stomach than sick.

oh, i punched you in the stomach then. from mars.

sympathy pains?

maybe its from lack of physical activity while you still ate the same amount.

I wasn’t doing anything particularly different from my normal activity. I guess it might be sympathy pains. I’ll check up on that. Thanks!

This won’t help in the slightest, I’m sure, but i can’t resist: I always feel sick after eating too much bitter and sweet candy. Other than that, slightly out of date food? Walked into a table? Cold/Flu? Hope you feel better in the meantime

I think it may be the sympathy thing. I got sucked in, and when the characters got hurt, my stomach started hurting. I guess I’ll have to suffer through it for awhile. Thanks anyway!

…ow.

I usually take Beano before I read BCB, it works quite well actually.

I might try something like that. I’m confused as to why BCB causes stomach pains, but okay.

Evan may have nailed it. I’ve had particularly engaging stories cause ill feelings myself.

Huh… This is certainly a new one…

Oh! If it really is sympathy pains… Whatever you do, DON’T READ LOVE ME.

I don’t want it to be responsible for freaking hospitalising someone o.o

I thought that might have been it, Though now im curious, Is that actually common for alot of people?

Dosent happen to me.

did you eat nothing but cheezies for those 2 days?

Cheezies? What are those? And, I guess I won’t read it then. Thanks for the warning! I hope it’s not some stomach flu.

Temporary pain is not an excuse not to read is you enjoy it.

So are you suggesting there should be a disclaimer for this comic?

“Warning may cause Crohn’s disease-like symptoms and other IBS pathologies”?

Um, not irritable bowel syndrome, just pain. I’ve got no other issues to report. As for the disclaimer, I dunno.It seems like there are only one or two other people who get it here, so maybe just “a small percentage may experience stomach pain while reading this comic.” Anyway, I guess it’ll continue until it gets updated. It’s what happened last time. I guess my body reacts to me wanting to tread the next one. Weird.

Oh great. Ever since it started, it gets worse at night. And i tried listening to music. Let’s just say that was a bad idea.

It is not uncommon for stomach pain to manifest itself as a psychosomatic symptom relating to sadness, angst, repression, anxiety, etc.

Try two of these and call me in the morning.

Haha, kittens. I hope that works! I think it might finally be passing, but idk. I’ll have to check later.

I think it was a stomach virus. I felt like I had to throw up a while ago, so I think it passed into another stage of illness.

Oh.

Do get better soon.

Thanks. It’s weird. It only seems to flare up when I think about the comic, or listen to Tetris-based music. Freaky business, this.

You’re not reading enough. Your stomach is hungry for more!

Or it’s telling you to eat cats and dogs. Who knows?

You know, this exact same thing happened to me when I read Twilight. It was… so painful….

well… im hate sick all the time and heartache is something im generally familiar with anyway. But maybe its just tension illness: which is where you get tense enough to actually cause self-harm

Someone draw a picture of the BCB characters being arranged in a Tetris style formation and see what happens. KEEP LOOKING AT THE KITTENS DAMN YOU DON’T YOU DIE ON ME.

On an unrelated note: haha Ace read Twilight hahahaha

Well, a new problem appeared. The sickness seems to be finally fading away, but when I think about the characters and focus on them, it actually hurts again. Fortunately, Tetris no longer gives high stomach pain.

Yup, it’s official. Random sickness. Guess I shouldn’t have stayed up until 2 A.M. Must have cut my immune system down a size.

Aww, and I was hoping that the comic had a cool make-you-sick-if-you-read-too-much function.

Dang.

Here’s just random shit that could most likely cause what’s going on:
- stress
- diet
- heart burn (trust me on this)
- sleep patterns fucking around with your immune system or something
- ulcers
- extreme emotions like sadness, anger, depression, etc.
- pregnancy
- cancer

Not all of those are equally likely, though. ^_^

Well, I don’t have cancer, I’m a male, I’ve been eating really healthy lately, stress is rising just a little. I don’t have repetitive stomach pain, so I’ pretty sure it’s not an ulcer. I do have extreme emotions, such as when thinking about Lucy almost being raped. That sent me spiraling with anger. So, it’s either bad sleep patterns(likely), heart burn(a bit too young to truly worry about that quite yet), or my emotions are messing with me. It’s good to narrow things down. Thanks, this should help. I guess I need to de-stress, not get as upset over comic characters, and sleep better.

That’s exactly what I’d suggest. If that doesn’t work, please see a doctor.

What you need to is to take a vacation and got to mental therapy to control your emotions. I have had mutilple problems like that

Thanks for your concern! I can’t really take a vacation. I’m 16. Not exactly a lot of places to go right this moment. But still, thank you anyways.

Staycation. :.D

Haha, yeah. I guess all I’m doing now is spamming my own thread. Anyway, thanks for helping so much. The pain’s fading and my stomach no longer hurts, except from overdoing push-ups. The music no longer makes me ill, and I can actually look at bad events in the comic without feeling very much pain(I’m making a picture, and boy do they need to be mad for it).