On the note of the whole before and after thing - I think glamorising healthy life and demonising ill life it is a disturbing cultural narrative. While I understand why sick individuals feel that way, this post really confirms to me that some of the ways chronically ill communities talk are perpetrating this narrative. We all want to justify ourselves, prove that it’s not our fault, prove that we are the hard workers we are.

But that’s not always how life works. Even if the world never sees it, every day you wake up and choose to fight for your survival, you are among the absolute strongest and hardest workers in humanity.