My family keeps asking when I'm going to get back to normal and I don't have the heart to tell them this is my normal now. Their denial is protecting them but it's isolating me.
More people experience this than they realize.
Others' inability to accept permanence forces the ill person to manage both their condition and others' grief.
“Where Are You with Chronic illness — living with a long condition?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.