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scifigal2k
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Joined : May 2012
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Posted 7/15/2013 2:42 AM (GMT 0)
I just thought some of you might appreciate this article explaining what people feel like who live with an "invisible illness." We've all had that "you don't look sick!" comment that we've come to hate. I know I've cried on my husband's shoulder so many times, convinced I've ruined his life because he married me instead of someone healthy.
www.psychologytoday.com/blog/turning-straw-gold/201109/the-challenges-living-invisible-pain-or-illness
gumby44
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Joined : Nov 2007
Posts : 4505
Posted 7/15/2013 4:40 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks...I ordered her "how to be sick" book....I'll let you know how it is
pb4
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Joined : Feb 2004
Posts : 20577
Posted 7/16/2013 7:38 PM (GMT 0)
scifigal, I know exactly how you feel, the guilt that comes as a result of becoming sick with this stupid illness is heartbreaking, like we don't have enough to deal with! Easier said than done because I'm guilty of the same feelings you have, but we have to work hard at not beating ourselves up over having a disease we didn't seek out to have.
OriginalAreU2
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Posts : 89
Posted 7/18/2013 3:55 PM (GMT 0)
any idea which issue this is in? thanks for posting it
its good& I will be ordering the book as well
thanks again
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