Empowered by Illness

    My daughter and I had an argument yesterday, when I felt defeated I came to a realization that we tend to hide who we are when it comes to our illnesses.     As she explained to me that she feels so lonely, I thought at first it is because she's 13 we go through these things, I remember feeling that way as well when I was her age but, I prodded, we argued and I had a sudden epiphany.... She feels lonely because of these illnesses..... We are limited to how much we're "allowed" to share with others for one reason or another. Sometimes it makes people uncomfortable, sometimes they look at us weirdly as if what we're saying is in a completely different language, they look at us like it's all fake, they aren't sympathetic, the list goes on and on.    For me, I've learned that most people can only care as far as they can see, when it's out of mind there is no empathy or sympathy because they don't live it. This is still a daily struggle for me b...