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did you know that Crohn’s disease is what inspired the “chestburster” from Alien (1979)? no joke, the screenwriter Dan O’Bannon lived with it himself

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Anonymous 9h

As somebody with Crohn’s that is exactly how it feels btw

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Anonymous 18h

(source: https://observer.com/2011/07/the-horror-the-horror-fright-flicks-finally-get-their-due/ )

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Anonymous

#1 9h

I bet 😭 part of why this anecdote stuck out to me so much is because sometimes even dealing with a bad IBS flare reminds me of that specific imagery so it def makes sense to me that Crohn’s would feel like what’s actually depicted in those scenes, rather than just something comparable

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