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Another way of looking at this: Everybody has experienced having a flu. Everybody knows that feeling when you’re sick, and suddenly you realise how much you ta
by jpxw 6y ago
Another way of looking at this:
Everybody has experienced having a flu. Everybody knows that feeling when you’re sick, and suddenly you realise how much you take for granted when you aren’t. In fact, you even start to _envy_ those around you who haven’t got whatever bug you have!
Being chronically ill is like living in that world permanently.
- rtp 6y agoIt breaks my heart, especially for those who become severely chronically ill with diseases like ME/CFS in their teenage years, with little to no indication things will ever get better. Imagine that, maybe spending your next 50-60 years housebound, or even worse: bed bound. Add to that the sheer scale of how ignorant or severely misguided many people are about chronic illness (even doctors, ESPECIALLY doctors!), which imposes such stigma, guilt, and shame on these sufferers.