Everyone keeps telling me I'm so strong and brave but I'm just trying not to fall apart every single day. I wish I could tell them that strength isn't a choice when you don't have any other option.
More people experience this than they realize.
The romanticization of necessary endurance dismisses the absence of meaningful choice.
“Where Are You with Chronic illness — living with a long condition?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.