It is not so difficult to impersonate someone with a cold. If you don't want to go to school or need to play the part of a sick person, you can do it. Cold symptoms are not too severe, so they can be easily simulated.
Behavior
If you want to look like someone with a cold, you need to show it with your behavior. Try to act as if you are very tired and feel sluggish in your body. Think back to a time when you were really sick. How did you feel, how did others look at you? Try to reproduce this condition. Tell everyone that you are not feeling well, skip dinner and go to bed early. Colds are usually accompanied by severe chills, sometimes dizziness. Try to feign these signs, walk slowly, sit down and get up slowly. When left alone, spin around a few times to make the dizziness real, and then go out to people. Just make sure that you do not fall from what you have done, it will look implausible.
Try to constantly look for opportunities to rest during the day. If you are at home, do not get out of bed, this is the most noticeable sign that the person is sick. If you are at work, try placing your head on the table more often to simulate fatigue and headaches.
Conversation with people
If you have a cold, any conversations will be difficult for you. Show no signs of fun, speak in a slightly muffled voice. Stay outside and refuse inviting friends to attend an event. You may need to convince someone of your illness over the phone. In this case, special attention should be paid to your vote. Speak slowly with short pauses. Take your time to answer the questions that are asked to you, remember that you are sick and it is difficult for you to give quick answers. Breathe only through your mouth, during the conversation it will look like you have a stuffy nose.
Shivering and body temperature
Try to pretend that you are cold, pretend to shiver all over your body, put on warm clothes. To make this look more believable, you need to show others that you have a high temperature. To do this, shake the thermometer in the direction of increasing temperature or hold it over an incandescent light bulb. However, do not overdo it, too high a temperature will be suspicious, you may also call doctors who will expose your deception.
Cough
In the vast majority of cases, colds are accompanied by coughing or sneezing. You must be able to simulate them. If you are talking to a person face to face, cough by covering your mouth and turning slightly to the side. If you are on the phone, keep the cough muffled by lifting the receiver away from your face. If you cough directly into the tube, the behavior will not look natural, and the cough will be feigned. Faking a cough is much more difficult than sneezing. If you just want to get by with sneezing, you can use a little pepper. Sprinkle it on your sleeve and use it from time to time.
Eyes
Colds also lead to increased moisture in the eyes. To simulate this symptom, apply some toothpaste to your lower eyelid and leave it on for a few minutes. The fumes from the paste will cause slight irritation to the eyes, after which it can be removed.
