My twenties were supposed to be about building a career and traveling and instead they've been about learning to manage symptoms. I feel like I'm watching everyone else live the life I planned while I'm stuck in medical waiting rooms.
More people experience this than they realize.
The mismatch between developmental expectations and chronic reality creates profound displacement from peer experience.
“Where Are You with Chronic illness — living with a long condition?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.