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When medical devices make you visibly different

I have to use a feeding tube and I'm dreading going back to college because I know people will stare and ask invasive questions, but I also can't hide in my room forever.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

He's preparing to navigate public spaces with visible medical equipment, weighing social comfort against his right to participate fully in life.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Body as identity — physical self-concept?”

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