Periagoge
Scenario

How rare disease parents seek meaning through documentation

I've become obsessed with documenting every detail of my son's rare condition because I feel like if I don't record it all, his suffering won't have mattered when he's gone.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The fear that unique suffering might disappear without trace drives compulsive recording as a desperate bid for significance and remembrance.

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“Where Are You with Rare and orphan conditions?”

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