I avoid those who have got that 'third zombie on the left in a scene from a George Romero movie' look about them'

On a more serious note i don't so much purposely avoid people as get a negative gut reaction about certain people and hope they do not cross my path too much.

Interesting about stress aggravating your fibro SystemAurora . I find that being stressed can produce a flu like effect in me as can, for some inexplicable reason, being caught out in the rain.
The stress- somatic reaction i can understand but feeling fluey because i've been out when it's raining( slightly feverish and achy ) tends to make me think i'm a bit weird.
Maybe because i've never come across anyone else saying they experience that kind of thing when caught out in the rain.