3 Reasons Why An Invisible Illness Is More Dangerous

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"We have to be humble and consider that what we can not see can still exist and still be true. No one in their right mind choses this, and by questioning their illness you are questioning their sanity. When truthfully, and as time will tell, ignorance is the insanity." 

3 Reasons Why An Invisible Illness Is More Dangerous
by Cassandra Marcella Metzger JD, MA, RYT, founder of Wellspring Stones - the online oasis for illness, The Huffington Post, 27 July 2016

Invisibility presents extraordinary obstacles and risks depending on who is blind to your illness.

When you get an invisible illness like fibromyalgia, or lupus, or MS, or chronic fatigue, your whole world alters. How you see yourself changes. But how the world sees you does not. Your illness is invisible to others, to doctors and to the government. The perils of not being seen can be life-threatening.

Nearly half of U.S. citizens live with some sort of chronic condition. Most do not use a cane or crutch or wheelchair, which would reveal their disability. Ninety-six percent of chronic conditions are invisible.

That invisibility presents extraordinary obstacles and risks, depending on who is blind to your illness.

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