another HARD earned chronic illness journey lesson I have learned over my many years living while sick is that as much as we wish it weren’t true… MOST people in our lives will not understand our chronic illness struggles. There are many varying reasons for this… some people are afraid of illness and will want to distance themselves from us when we become ill, some people just are very uncomfortable with sensitive subjects like illness, others will take a stance that if you were to try harder, or do this or that you should get better, and yet others simply will not care enough to put in the time and effort to understand.
Hard realities, but all very true, and you can save yourself a TON of hurt and frustration if you practice early on in your journey the precious discernment of which people in your life will put in the effort and be able to be there for you in your new life as a chronically ill person, and who simply will not.
Grieve the people who go, and remove the people you must who simply bring you more hurt, but wrap your heart tightly around those precious few who will truly stand with you in this life!
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