It can be very difficult for family and friends to understand a complex, chronic, fluctuating illness. It can also be very difficult, not to mention exhausting to explain a complex, chronic, fluctuating illness.
Always remember you deserve to be heard and understood.
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Always remember you are not alone. All those in the chronic illness community understand how hard it is to keep asking for understanding and compassion.
This little resource provides a way to start the conversation.