Lainey,
Sorry you're having this problem. This topic is one that always gets me boiling....I have the same thing with some of my family members. It's so easy to judge someone else...but as a friend of mine said, if these unbelievers could have it for a day, they'd be singing a different tune. (Actually, I think a month would be more convincing.)
My son, who is extremely blunt, has TOLD me several times that somewhere along the line, I became lazy....thus the cascade of all my physical problems.
Oooh, that one really hurts!! I know my MIL feels the same way, though she's never come out and said so. I've learned to let it roll off my back, for the most part....I don't try to convince them anymore....
But they're sure not going to convince me that Fibro's not real, or that I don't have it. I've lived in this body all these years, with the pain and all the other problems, so that subject is not
open for discussion. (If they're genuinely interested, fine - I'll try to educate them. But I'm not going to argue.)
And neither am I going to do things that I know will make me feel worse just to live up to their expectations. Heck, I do enough dumb things I shouldn't all on my own, due to Major Fog being in charge of my life a good portion of the time.
Every time I turn around I'm lifting something without thinking, etc etc....I don't need any help in that department!
I hope your daughters and SIL come around. It would really be nice, wouldn't it?
Debbie