Ugh, I'm so sorry you have to deal with this. At least you have an official diagnosis now?
About the not wanting to be one of THOSE people, the thing is...ablism is real. We all want to be healthy. Unfortunately a lot of us want to be healthy and end up kind of resenting people who aren't and thinking "get over yourself!" Being sick is seen as sort of embarrassing! And I think a lot of abled people kind of go "GAWD, why are they making such a big DEAL out of it" about sick/disabled people in the same way that men can do to women or white people can do to black people. I guess what I'm saying is that I think you are a considerate and generous person and are not likely to leap to the other side and demand that fibro be the center of everyone's life....but yo, chronic pain changes everything. It demands accomodation. If that's what you have, then life really does have to be shaped around it. Sucks but ignoring it won't suck any less. Pain is really powerful. It is reasonable to pay attention to it. It is a force in our lives. The people who care about us have to know about it. It's not "boring".
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Date: 2014-09-17 03:28 pm (UTC)About the not wanting to be one of THOSE people, the thing is...ablism is real. We all want to be healthy. Unfortunately a lot of us want to be healthy and end up kind of resenting people who aren't and thinking "get over yourself!" Being sick is seen as sort of embarrassing! And I think a lot of abled people kind of go "GAWD, why are they making such a big DEAL out of it" about sick/disabled people in the same way that men can do to women or white people can do to black people. I guess what I'm saying is that I think you are a considerate and generous person and are not likely to leap to the other side and demand that fibro be the center of everyone's life....but yo, chronic pain changes everything. It demands accomodation. If that's what you have, then life really does have to be shaped around it. Sucks but ignoring it won't suck any less. Pain is really powerful. It is reasonable to pay attention to it. It is a force in our lives. The people who care about us have to know about it. It's not "boring".
*hugs* *internet hugs don't hurt!*