Not knowing what is happening to your body. Not being able to do what used to come easy. Missing social events, missing work, seemingly disappearing.
At the onset of my chronic illness, isolation became part of my life. I didn’t know why I felt awful all the time. It took all my effort just to get to class and do my work while in the second half of college.
I went from sorority president to barely making it to chapter events. Slowly the things that allowed me to connect with others became unattainable.
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