Invisible Illnesses and Special Treatment
Two kinds of posts endlessly circulate on Facebook. Both of them are quite whiny. This one popped up yesterday and is representative of the Type 1 post, INVISIBLE ILLNESS and is presented with odd spellings and punctuation exactly as everyone else posts it:
"Ignorant people can be so cruel!! I'm posting this because recently I
have been mocked and laughed at for things beyond my control... I have
three of these illnesses as does some of my friends.... Not one of my
Facebook friends will copy and paste (but I am counting on a true family
member or friend to do it). If you would
be there for me no matter what then copy and paste this. I'm doing this
to prove a friend wrong that someone is always listening. I care. Hard
to explain to someone who has no clue. It's a daily struggle being in
pain or feeling sick on the inside while you look fine on the outside.
Please put this as your status for at least 1 hour if you or someone you
know has an invisible illness (IBS, Crohn's, PTSD, Anxiety, Arthritis,
Cancer, Heart Disease, Bipolar, Depression, Diabetes, Lupus,
Fibromyalgia, MS, AS, ME, , Epilepsy, hereditary angio edema , AUTISM,
Borderline personality disorder, M.D.,D.D.D., CFS, Histiocytosis,O.D.D,
A.D.H.D, RSD, PBC,RLS etc.) Never judge!
I would add Alzheimer's to that, as early stage AD is also "invisible" (honestly, what does that even MEAN)?
And then we get the Type 2 post, the I'm not special enough one:
So first you are complaining that you hav...
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