Posts in chronic illness
Validation. Your Problem or Mine

How many times have you felt the need to validate yourself and/or your condition this week? Or even this month?  How many times have you found yourself explaining your health to someone who probably has no reason to know what’s really going on? Or found yourself explaining why you can or can’t do something or go somewhere? Now let me ask another question..... Why do you feel like you have to validate yourself and your condition?

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Awareness, chronic illnessAmber BlackburnRude people, Chronic illness, Health, advocate, Invisible illness, Validation, Judgement, chronic, Awareness, Podcast, Look fine on the outside Comments
No One Asked For This
No One Asked For This

Let’s just be really honest. NO ONE ever asks to live with pain. Whether it be the short term pain of an illness or Injury….

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