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Sorely disappointed. I have a chronic illness. I don't get to sign up for five limited days of torment, prep for it, then be done. Every single day involves try

by Mz 10y ago

Sorely disappointed. I have a chronic illness. I don't get to sign up for five limited days of torment, prep for it, then be done. Every single day involves trying to just not give up. I hate that people with chronic illness get written up like pathetic losers while people who choose to do stuff like this as a hobby are lauded for it. Wimps, every last one of them.

b_emery 10y ago
Indeed. "Growing old is not for sissy's" says my mother-in-law.
DarkTree 10y ago
I think the difference is that they are willingly trading suffering for some personal benefit, whereas you don't actively choose to suffer. While that's unfortunate, you are unfairly writing them off because you arbitrarily have to suffer. Sure, it's commendable that you don't give up, but that doesn't negate the testament to the human will that these individuals are going out of their way to test. It seems to me that you believe anyone who doesn't endure a chronic illness is a wimp.. well guess what, some sufferers don't get to choose to live and have to die in front of their friends and illness due to terminal disease. Does that make you a wimp relative to them?
- Mz 10y ago
  Eh, choosing to live in my case has been an incredibly long, hard journey. I would rather have died. Annoyingly, I was too competent and the beat goes on.
sndean 10y ago
> chronic illness get written up like pathetic losers I wonder if "cancer survivor" is simply a spin that's been put on a situation that invokes applause, or if others just respond favorably (emotionally?) to people who have gotten through a difficult time. Not sure if "$illness survivor" works or not. If not, then people really focus on "battling", "fighting", "surviving", "winning", etc.
- Mz 10y ago
  Yeah, that spin does exist and thank you for mentioning it. I have an "incurable" dread disease and am getting well when the world says it cannot be done. So, the spin that gets is "hypochondriac," "crazy person," "liar," "teller of tall tales," etc. It's been a long, hard marathon and the social piece has been shittier to deal with than the physical suffering. So this is definitely a sore point for me personally and it annoys me the number of folks downvoting my comments here to counteract any upvotes. It is just one more fuck you in a long line of them. I can't even take any credit for what I have done, not even in terms of what I have suffered. So, I still think this contest is wimpy compared to what I have endured. :-)

by Mz 10y ago

b_emery 10y ago

Indeed. "Growing old is not for sissy's" says my mother-in-law.

DarkTree 10y ago

I think the difference is that they are willingly trading suffering for some personal benefit, whereas you don't actively choose to suffer. While that's unfortunate, you are unfairly writing them off because you arbitrarily have to suffer. Sure, it's commendable that you don't give up, but that doesn't negate the testament to the human will that these individuals are going out of their way to test. It seems to me that you believe anyone who doesn't endure a chronic illness is a wimp.. well guess what, some sufferers don't get to choose to live and have to die in front of their friends and illness due to terminal disease. Does that make you a wimp relative to them?

Mz 10y ago
Eh, choosing to live in my case has been an incredibly long, hard journey. I would rather have died. Annoyingly, I was too competent and the beat goes on.

sndean 10y ago

> chronic illness get written up like pathetic losers I wonder if "cancer survivor" is simply a spin that's been put on a situation that invokes applause, or if others just respond favorably (emotionally?) to people who have gotten through a difficult time. Not sure if "$illness survivor" works or not. If not, then people really focus on "battling", "fighting", "surviving", "winning", etc.

Mz 10y ago
Yeah, that spin does exist and thank you for mentioning it. I have an "incurable" dread disease and am getting well when the world says it cannot be done. So, the spin that gets is "hypochondriac," "crazy person," "liar," "teller of tall tales," etc. It's been a long, hard marathon and the social piece has been shittier to deal with than the physical suffering. So this is definitely a sore point for me personally and it annoys me the number of folks downvoting my comments here to counteract any upvotes. It is just one more fuck you in a long line of them. I can't even take any credit for what I have done, not even in terms of what I have suffered. So, I still think this contest is wimpy compared to what I have endured. :-)