TannerWantsToTalk
New Member
Hey everyone. I wanted to make this thread just because I’ve been struggling, and I hope it can at least help someone else 
I got diagnosed with a chronic illness when I was 18, and have been dealing with on-off issues since then. At the moment I’m stable with medications but I’ve been feeling really defeated and isolated recently regardless. I’m just really tired of how my whole life has revolves around appointments and medications to keep the illness in check because of how aggressive my illness was specifically compared to other cases.
I’m so grateful to have family and friends as a support system, but I struggle to talk with them about it because they don’t have a chronic illness. I don’t want to come off as whiny or ungrateful either, it’s just been a struggle for a while now.
I barely got a chance to celebrate becoming an adult because it’s been consistent appointments since then. I just feel so lost with it all, like I’m mourning the things I could’ve been doing if I didn’t have my illness.
Advice and discussions are welcome. If you did read this far, thank you, and I apologize if I came off whiny at any point. It wasn’t my intentions
I got diagnosed with a chronic illness when I was 18, and have been dealing with on-off issues since then. At the moment I’m stable with medications but I’ve been feeling really defeated and isolated recently regardless. I’m just really tired of how my whole life has revolves around appointments and medications to keep the illness in check because of how aggressive my illness was specifically compared to other cases.
I’m so grateful to have family and friends as a support system, but I struggle to talk with them about it because they don’t have a chronic illness. I don’t want to come off as whiny or ungrateful either, it’s just been a struggle for a while now.
I barely got a chance to celebrate becoming an adult because it’s been consistent appointments since then. I just feel so lost with it all, like I’m mourning the things I could’ve been doing if I didn’t have my illness.
Advice and discussions are welcome. If you did read this far, thank you, and I apologize if I came off whiny at any point. It wasn’t my intentions
