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“Being chronically ill or disabled and not looking ‘sick’ enough. Also, not listening to their advice to try some new ‘treatment’ that is snake oil, like you and your medical team don’t know what’s out there, and haven’t been trying to help.”
“Yeah, same.
I have a back condition, which I have had since birth. I’ve always been a physically fit guy, because that’s something recommended to support your spine and cause fewer flare-ups and lifelong damage being done by a freak incident.
Particularly when I was in my late teens and twenties, people were so incredibly expectant that I would do physical labour for them; it was wild. The amount of scorn or shaming for either refusing or doing it safely was mind-blowing.
I didn’t outwardly appear to have an issue, so clearly there couldn’t have been one even after I explained there was.
Weirdly, the most supportive strangers about it were older people. They could usually recognize my attempts to hide my discomfort and would approach to ask if my back was okay.”
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