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How to navigate friendships when chronic illness makes you unreliable

My friends stopped inviting me to things because I cancel so often when my symptoms flare up. Now I don't know if I should keep trying to maintain friendships that feel like they're built on disappointment.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Chronic unpredictability creates a painful tension between authentic connection and social belonging.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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