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How chronic illness creates a living form of social death

My chronic fatigue syndrome leaves me bedridden some days and I watch my friends' social media lives continue without me like I'm already dead.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Life moves forward at a pace your body cannot match, leaving you simultaneously present and absent from your own existence.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief for lost health — chronic illness and disability?”

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