51 Powerful Quotes to Inspire Anyone Living with Chronic Illness

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I Am NOT Your Baby Girl Anymore, Mom

You know all my life I would look at the pictures of my birth mom and wonder what happened. Why she left. Why she never wrote. Why she never even attempted to contact me.

Discrimination

I’ve seen it everywhere i look. people being discriminated for who they are, what they wear, if they are pregnant or married young. so many different reason. but, more recently, I’ve seen and heard people being discriminated for having mental and physical illnesses

Support Groups

Whenever I used to think of support groups I would think that it meant there was something wrong with me. I realize now how wrong I was back then.

I have met some of the best people in support groups for Chronic Invisible Illness. They just get you. They are there for you…

Eyes Wide Open

When I was younger my counselor used to tell me that I always needed to go through life with my eyes wide open. She said one day I would understand. I never got what she meant till a few years ago.

No One

No one really talks about what happens if you’re sick but you don’t get better-but you don’t die either. You get to live in the margins because it’s either/or. You’re getting sick, or you’re getting better. There is no in between in our culture. No room for the Chronically Ill in the cruel world of Society

Enough

I was watching One Tree Hill today and this quote just hit home with me. I know it sounds silly, but this is what I hope to accomplish one day with my writing. I know that I need a lot more practice and sometimes my stuff is not the greatest, but I wanted to say thanks to all of you who have encouraged me to keep…

Handicapped Shaming

“We may not look sick but turn our bodies inside out and they would tell different stories.”
-Wade Sutherland
This is a big issue where I live. Not just the handicapped parking spots but also just using the tools that some stores give those who are disabled.
I myself have had problems with…

Blessings

I used to sit and wonder how my life would be different if I had not gotten sick but lately I have been able to see the blessings that my chronic invisible illnesses bring.

1. I found out who my true friends are
2. I have a big support group with my other chronic…

What Would I Give?

What would I give
For someone to understand?
What would I give
For someone to give me a chance?

What would I give
For someone to love me?
To be there when
I need them the most?

Fear

“You can’t stop being afraid just by pretending what scares you isn’t there” -Michael Marshall.

This quote strikes close to home with me. For years I ran from my problems. Or, tried to. I thought if I stopped thinking about it or talking about it, that they would go away or that I could…

Request

I Am Always There For You.. Or Not

Before I got sick, everyone always said they’d be there for me though thick and thin, no matter what. That we’d always be friends that they’d always be my siblings, or i’d always be their daughter, that we’d always do things together and never grow apart. Well I’ve…

Question

Hey everyone, I keep getting mixed answers from some people so I will ask all of you. Is the site working well on mobile? Some people say yes while others say no and some say it works well on some devices and not so well on others.

Different Life

Looking back on my life and some of the things I went through, it almost seems like it was another time ago. And what most people fail to realize is that I am no longer that person. I’ve pushed passed it and become something better.