symptomstashing
/ˈsɪmptəmˌstæʃɪŋ/verb (gerund)Verified NewThe concealment of new aches, falls, or diagnoses by older adults from their own children, to avoid becoming a burden.
The hospital visit is described as "a check-up"; the fall is not described at all. Children discover the stash late, at emergencies, and must rebuild a year of history. Symptomstashing names the hiding, done as a kind of love.
Etym. — symptom + stashing — hoarding logic applied to information.
Rel. — burdenline · nofussdelay
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