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How chronic illness complicates dating and disclosure timing

I want to date but I don't know when to disclose my condition - too early feels like oversharing, too late feels like deception. Having a chronic illness makes even the possibility of love feel complicated and unfair to others.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The fear of being either pitied or rejected creates paralysis around romantic vulnerability.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Chronic illness — living with a long condition?”

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