What It's Like Living With An Invisible Illness

It Is More Serious Than You Think

'But you don’t look sick,' is a common sentence many individuals living with an invisible illness tend to hear from family, friends, and members of the public who do not understand the nature of the illness the individual is dealing with. It may be expressed with no ill intent or malice, however, statements provoking the idea the patient is indeed not ill or dealing with a serious condition are incredibly ignorant and undermining to the true pain and anguish many individuals deal with when living with depression, fibromyalgia, diabetes, IBS, or any other serious health condition. This is another hurdle patients face when it comes to communicating and talking to others about their health and diagnosis, especially when trying to speak about it with loved ones who may struggle to understand the condition if they do not see the physical effects of it.

Keep reading to reveal how individuals need to constantly advocate and defend themselves when it comes to their illness.