My coworkers make jokes about calling in sick and I have to laugh along while knowing they have no idea what real sick days look like. I feel like I'm living undercover in the healthy world.
More people experience this than they realize.
The invisibility of ongoing illness creates alienation from casual assumptions about health and capacity.
“Where Are You with Chronic illness — living with a long condition?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.