empathy – From Sarah Lex

Chronic Illness is Hard Enough: All I ask for is Empathy, Part Two

First of all can I just define what a chronic illness is as there seems to be so many people that have never experienced anything more than the flu or acute pain who think they’re experts on what it is like to live with a chronic condition. If you’re one of these healthy little experts…

Date:September 7, 2015Posted By:fromsarahlexComments:15 CommentsCategory:chronic, chronic condition, chronic illness, chronic pain, disability, disabled, empathy, health, pain, spoonie

All I ask for is empathy

It’s hard enough being a 28 year old disabled woman without the insensitive comments of abled people, but factor in the dickheads of society and their ludicrous questioning, things can get very awkward, very quickly. I don’t deal well with comments regarding my health. To this day, there are certain people that say extremely negative…