Lots of people know that dysautonomia is defined as a dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system. They even know it causes symptoms such as tachycardia, fatigue, headaches and more.
What they don’t know is that dysautonomia is so much more than that. Dysautonomia is watching as everything is stripped from you, everything you took for granted — the ability to: go to school, hang out with friends, stand, eat, think and more.
Dysautonomia is being terrified of going away from home, because you’re terrified you’re going to have a relapse in public. Dysautonomia is waking up in the middle of the night grasping at your chest because your heart rate is stuck so high.
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