First off, *hugs* and thanks for that. I can so relate to your comment about "you don't look anorexic"... I get "You don't look sick" all the time... doesn't mean that I'm not seriously ill, it just means that I can hide it when I need to. I make jokes about being sick too - I have to. It's a coping mechanism, and it seems to work. Doesn't mean that I don't have my days when I burst into tears or I wish that I'd died or the like, but it makes it easier for other people to deal with it too. I couldn't tell my father - I told my mother and she told him. It still hurts like hell to hear him say "my little girl is sick". It fucking kills me inside. B-I-G *hugs* and I hope that it gets easier for you.
thanks for sharing that. I completely understand how hard it was to tell parents. I think it's the first time I've really talked about what this is, and I still get irked that some people think the way to solve it is to put people in the hospital. It doesn't work that way.
I had so much trouble telling my mother - she really had no idea what lupus was and I was hysterical crying and trying to tell her! It was pretty fucked up. I think that we still feel like little kids with them *sigh* Here's what I wrote when I was diagnosed if you want to read it. It's a bit depressing though. It's fucked to be treated like an invalid when you're not *hugs*
I think it's hard to tell parents, especially when they don't know exactly what you have. I still get from my mother, "So you're going to get over this right?" She thinks its like a cold sometimes, or more so I think she wishes it was. I'd like to read how you dealt. My recognition was gradual and looking back on other entries it's hard to believe I didn't realise it sooner. the symptoms were all there. I just didn't want to believe it could happen to me.
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I can so relate to your comment about "you don't look anorexic"... I get "You don't look sick" all the time... doesn't mean that I'm not seriously ill, it just means that I can hide it when I need to.
I make jokes about being sick too - I have to. It's a coping mechanism, and it seems to work. Doesn't mean that I don't have my days when I burst into tears or I wish that I'd died or the like, but it makes it easier for other people to deal with it too.
I couldn't tell my father - I told my mother and she told him. It still hurts like hell to hear him say "my little girl is sick". It fucking kills me inside.
B-I-G *hugs* and I hope that it gets easier for you.
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It's fucked to be treated like an invalid when you're not *hugs*
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I think it's hard to tell parents, especially when they don't know exactly what you have. I still get from my mother, "So you're going to get over this right?" She thinks its like a cold sometimes, or more so I think she wishes it was.
I'd like to read how you dealt. My recognition was gradual and looking back on other entries it's hard to believe I didn't realise it sooner. the symptoms were all there. I just didn't want to believe it could happen to me.
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