What it's Like...

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Hello everyone!

I've been thinking a lot about how I feel whenever I admit to someone I have a disability when I get asked the dreaded "What do you do for a living?". It's caused many panic attacks, and I almost always have someone either look at me like I'm a liar, or hear a quip like, "You don't look sick!". Even worse are the...
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benjaminlongfellow:
Stay strong! 
waitformetoturnblue:
I've been chronically ill for 12 years now. There are a few tenets I live by now that life as a chronically ill person has taught me: 1.) People may mean well, but they don't know shit about being chronically ill, unless they are either a medical professional, or chronically ill themselves; and, 2.) I only take the things my doctor prescribes me; new-age, holistic, herbal remedies are all fine and good for whomever wishes to try that stuff, but I will stick to the tried and true treatment I've been on for the past 7 years, the one that allows me to live some semblance of a normal life.
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