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A list of secrets people with invisible illness don’t talk about.

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Secrets of People With Invisible Illness

  1. “I wish people would stop telling me ‘At least it isn’t something worse.”
  2. “I haven’t felt all right in a long time.”
  3. “I’m so good at hiding my depression even doctors think I’m happy.”
  4. “I sometimes wish the ‘main’ symptom would trigger so people would take me seriously.”
  5. “There is no magic cure to fix me.”
  6. “Every day is a struggle.”

You never know what someone is going through.

Originally published: May 8, 2017
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