• Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 months ago

      I know the answer to this! An ableist one!

      Many chronic conditions don’t look like living in a full body cast but may be just as debilitating, which results in many people with chronic illnesses being told at various points in their lives that they should be carrying on normally because they don’t look sick.

      • mecfs@lemmy.worldOP
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        4 months ago

        Yep. Imagine being bedridden with a severe illness and when people who don’t understand meet you (which is most people) they go “get up and live your life” or “get up and do X”