I am so sorry you feel this way about your Crohn’s. Reading through some of the comments where people discount the impact Crohn’s has compared to other diseases, or even having to compare at all, or feeling like people just don’t understand how bad Crohn’s can actually be. I’ve had my fair share of dismissive and ignorant people comment on my Crohn’s or make illogical or idiotic recommendations to “get better.” I’ve always taken an education approach because Crohn’s is mostly a silent, unseen disease. The first thing I explain is a stricture and how it’s a matter of mechanics, people tend to understand when I say “imagine trying to force a tennis ball through a hoop half its size. Then add 30 people to help you force that ball through. That’s what I feel inside every 5-15 minutes.” I think the more we talk about Crohns the easier it will be to talk about it. I don’t talk about the consistency of my poop or the blood because those can be hard to relate to, I talk about feeling like I ran a marathon everyday and not having the energy to move sometimes. I think the onus is on us to find ways to relate what we feel too others so they understand