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How to navigate invisible illness disclosure

My chronic illness is invisible and I never know whether to explain myself or let people think I'm lazy and difficult.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The burden of making internal experience legible to others creates exhausting performative choices.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Body image and self-perception?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.