When I was younger and I was diagnosed with this thing called fibromyalgia syndrome that no one knew a thing about let alone how to
Tag: invisible illness
Chronic illness: Shh no one needs to know you’re chronically ill
So I encountered someone random on social media with an illness that said we should not discuss ableism because people do not get our illnesses
Do you tell people about your invisible illness?
Do you tell people about your chronic illness? Why? And why not? For me, it is a matter of having an invisible disability (obviously
Don’t melt into invisibility
It is odd having an invisible disability. We are expected to perform like others, but we have some major limitations. But really I feel like
Chronic illness: How we are socially noticeable
People do notice things about those of us with chronic illness but they may not know it is because of chronic illness. Maybe they think
We wear our pain on the inside
We mask our pain We lose our pain behaviors We become invisible. We all learn to have a façade to hide the pain for various
Awareness: Invisible Disabilities Week
Every one of my illnesses is invisible. From hypothyroidism to chronic pain. Even migraines, because they are chronic, are invisible. Less invisible when they are
Unseen but felt
The thing about an invisible disability is that we can hide it. Mask it. Slap on a façade and pretend. There are many reasons we
Things I want people to know about my invisible pain
My pain may be invisible but I am not. I am a whole person aside from my pain who deserves to experience life. 1) I
Chronic illness: The tells and the pass
The Invisible Illness Pass I can pass for healthy. You look at me and you might not be able to tell a thing is wrong
Invisible illness: Invisible no more
We can face a lot of stigma with invisible illnesses. We can be doubted. We can be minimized. But we have certain rights too and
Thoughts about invisible illness
Yes along the way my illness has taught me many things but it has definitely taught me that it sucks. It has taught me subtle
But you don’t look sick
I read this post floating around Facebook on why people with chronic illnesses do not like to be told they look good and it made
What does disability look like anyway?
There is something that is really beginning to frustrate me about the label of disabled when it comes to invisible disabilities. And that is there
