I am reblogging this post from Donna Parker over ay yadadarcyyada.com. I hope those of you that read this gain further insight and empathy. It’s kind of what the world needs now…Thank you Donna for your brilliant choice of words. Oh, and #FridayFrivolity
This isn’t a whiny post (at least I’ll try, no promises) or it can be fixed blog or whatever. Just a few thoughts about why people think Fibromyalgia isn’t a real syndrome, that it’s just lazy, unmotivated people and why I don’t have all the answers.
Let’s begin at the end; I don’t have all the answers because I don’t sleep enough. Also, I’m not a million years old. In addition, I’m certainly not a super genius. Oh, did I mention I don’t sleep enough?
People prefer to think people with disorders such as Fibromyalgia are lazy because they don’t want to accept that you could wake up one morning and have something like that or ChronicFatigue Syndrome or Lyme Disease and so on.
Instead of doing the whole there-but-for-the-grace-of-God-go-I thing, many people just decide that people with these illnesses could do better if they just got…
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Thank you so much for reblogging this, Lisa, I think it’s important to share positive things. Very kind of you. 🙂
#FridayFrivolity is always awesome.
Hope this weekend treats you well.
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