What happened when you got sick as a child? How did the adults in your life react when you got the chicken pox or strep throat, a cold or an ear infection, a broken bone or a stomach ache? What did you learn about being sick? Did people fawn over you, acting like you were a fragile piece of China that might break? Did they act like your sickness was an annoyance and an inconvenience to everyone? Did they make you keep pushing even when you were sick? Were you believed? Where you told it was all in your head? Were you blamed for getting sick? What did you learn about being sick?
Now think about being an adult with a chronic illness. Which reactions are the same? Are you expecting the adults in your life now to act like the adults did then? How is this impacting your relationship with lovers, family, friends, and yes, even your doctor? Is it time to learn to be sick like an adult? We get to chose.
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