Saturday, June 23, 2012
The reality behind the judgments....
This excellent article was posted on a fibromyalgia Facebook page. I'm guessing the author has experiences some of this firsthand:
Persons with invisible illness suffer undue criticism
Most people have been polite enough to not criticize me to my face, but I have been dismissed as "weak" and told that my illness was "too convenient" when it appeared I was trying to get out of something I didn't want to do. I've overheard someone complain that there was obviously nothing wrong with me when they saw me park in a handicapped space using my placard. It has also been implied that my illness was attention-seeking behavior. Oh, yeah, I do the whole partially housebound, trying to survive financially on disability thing just for amusement.
Persons with invisible illness suffer undue criticism
Most people have been polite enough to not criticize me to my face, but I have been dismissed as "weak" and told that my illness was "too convenient" when it appeared I was trying to get out of something I didn't want to do. I've overheard someone complain that there was obviously nothing wrong with me when they saw me park in a handicapped space using my placard. It has also been implied that my illness was attention-seeking behavior. Oh, yeah, I do the whole partially housebound, trying to survive financially on disability thing just for amusement.
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