Only My Fellow Chronic Warriors Can Understand the Battle I Fight Daily
Chronic illness is not only physical. Sometimes, the mental battle is even tougher to face.
Only someone with a chronic illness will understand what it feels like to truly be on the verge of a breakdown. No other individual can understand what it is like to be in pain of some sort every minute of every day.
For those of us with chronic illness, we understand what it is like to get tired from standing up. We understand what it is like to barely remember our name some days. We understand how far your health and its side effects can push you.
But, we are the same people who grasp what it is like to fight for each moment and breath of each day. It is us who comprehend how much effort every action takes, and how much we will struggle to do something that should be so effortless.
We are a community of warriors who persevere and fight a battle every single day.
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I am passionate about helping people understand what it is like to be chronically ill, and hope that by spreading my story, other’s will not suffer the way I have had to, and that the world will begin to grasp what it is like to walk a day in our shoes. I am 28 years old, and have a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. The goal was to become a lawyer, but life had different plans. I made one of the most difficult decision’s of my life by taking a medical withdrawal from graduate school my second semester. I am married to an amazing man, who loves me unconditionally despite all that he has to carry on his shoulders. Even on my best days, I truly do not deserve the empathy, compassion, and love that he gives me. We have two fur children – Rue and Balt (Instagram – rue.balt.take.america). Rue is basically my therapy dog, and always knows when something is not right. He is always by my side, and sometimes knows something is wrong even before I do. I have been diagnosed with: chronic migraines, chronic anxiety, depression, nocturnal panic syndrome, interstitial cystitis, endometriosis, IBS, and POTS with overlapping IST.
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