You’re on the metro and notice a young girl sitting in a seat marked for disabled people. She gets up on her stop, walks out without any help, and you might think “Well, she doesn’t look sick.”
But maybe she has a condition that you can’t see such as a migraine, a hormonal disorder, chronic fatigue, digestive issues, or even a mental illness that makes her feel weak.
There are medical issues that quietly affect someone’s daily life and it’s hard to imagine what they go through unless you’re in the same boat.
But perhaps, you can empathize a bit after reading some of these stories that people have shared online — the terrible medical issues they suffer from, and the ones that are often overlooked.
And if you, like so many of them, have similar symptoms, maybe it’ll make you feel a little less alone, and a little more understood.
#63
ARFID. We’re not “just picky eaters”. It’s a full eating disorder that happens to not be body-image based. There’s a lot of subtypes. Mine is sensory. I ate broccoli tonight and it was a huge win for me, as I really don’t eat most vegetables.
My brain usually goes in overdrive, convinced that the food I’m averse to is somehow going to hurt me. It sucked growing up like this.
My brain usually goes in overdrive, convinced that the food I’m averse to is somehow going to hurt me. It sucked growing up like this.
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9points
#64
Vestibular disorders, constantly being dizzy, constantly nauseous, walking is a battle, reading or watching tv is very tiring and some days it’s impossible, and there’s no cure just exercises and strategies for learning to live with it.
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9points
#65
Gastroparesis.
eat-the-cookiez:
And when it’s coupled with slow colonic motility as well.
Cries in liquid diet. People heating up food at work is so painful. Declining any meet ups that involve food.
eat-the-cookiez:
And when it’s coupled with slow colonic motility as well.
Cries in liquid diet. People heating up food at work is so painful. Declining any meet ups that involve food.
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8points
#67
Broken finger bone through the joint. Sounds like the tiniest possible injury. But the truth is you feel it every time you use your hands (which is always) every day for the rest of your life.
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5points
#69
Intestinal problems, becoming gassy after eating certain ultra-processed products.
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4points