Like the title says, I feel bad for calling in sick. My work place is very good about encouraging people who are ill to take sick time. After all, that's what it's there for. I have a great work environment.

The problem is that I feel guilty for doing so. I feel that when I take sick time others will view me as trying to take advantage of the company. Or that things will go wrong and my work sucks. And because my work sucks I will get fired.

You can see where this is going. I take a sick day and I wind up feeling worse and worrying about work. I don't want to be hat guy that feels like he needs to be tethered to a phone.

How can I get past this?