Family member upset me by sharing stupid superstition

I am the king of Ocd superstitions and I've never heard of that one.

That being said if your sister is doing things like this to upset you I think you should discuss it with her. She may not know that it effects you in such a serious way.

Scaredy Cat, that is the most perfect comeback!! And no, Cianna, I am not trying to make light of the way you feel, either.
I am not kidding you though... sometimes a little revenge can put sort of a smirky smile on your face... I would give her a call, fake some crying, and tell her that you have been so worried about what she told you and that you hope its not HER that is going to die...
THIS could teach her what I would call a very good karmic lesson!!
In the meantime, please don't worry...all will be well...some place in your heart and mind you KNOW that all this is, is a superstition. I still would pull this on my sister...yup...cuz I think she was just messing with you... At any rate, just have fun...but don't tell her 'the truth...' :)
Bettsann

I was raised by my Grandmother an American Indian and she had so many superstitions it was unreal, she
scared me silly when i was small but as a teenager i started testing them out,"i was a stinker", non were
true, It's just silly crap, wash them closes Peace

Larry ***

I have some weird issues with certain things, which I believe they call OCD in my case, but if I hear certain things it bothers me greatly, so if someone told me this, even though I know it is irrational in every form of the word to believe this could happen, I would probably be very scared or just would worry, that's anxiety for me I worry about things that I shouldn't worry about.

Like yesterday, even though I am not superstitious I made sure and made black-eyed peas for new years, I don't remember eating them in 2014 and it has been a family tradition since I was born, and 2014 has to be a year that wasn't the best by a long shot, so I thought I am making them and we are eating them, and we did and they were delicious!

I will actually tell people I don't want to hear stuff like that, I will delete people off of my face book that puts up statuses that say you have to repost or bad things will happen, I despise the chain letter and believe me if I am sent one on face book I tell the person how I feel about the chain letters and delete them, I don't like to be intimidated into doing something because someone else fears it.

Thank you Bettsann, that is very sweet. I really do know how we sit and fret over these things, even though we know they can't be true, the way our mind processes this type of information can really be tricky to deal with.

Thanks everyone, I really appreciate it. I've calmed down a bit now and I relaized the whole idea of it is just rediculous. I guess I was mostly upset that my sister told me, even though she was fully aware that it would scare me.

She does understand anxiety, which is actually the weird thing. What she doesn't understand is the fear of death. I've snapped at her many time for saying things that upset me, and she usually gets defensive and expresses anger about the fact that I'm so intense on this subject.

We actually did get news that my grandmother likely has stage 4 cancer today. And although I know that me doing my laundry had nothing to do with it happening, apparently my sister felt guilty for telling me about the superstition after finding out, and wouldn't tell me the news herself.

I've never heard of that superstition and my mother is like the queen of them lol.
How about this...so i'm bartending a few weeks ago and was already getting a lot of heart palps and feeling anxious and was actually on this forum on my phone and a customer says to me 'What are you reading your obituary? U plan on checking out early on us?' I was like OMG why would you say that?!?! I was freaked out for the next few days. Why would people say stuff like that I have no idea!!