Sicknesses...

Hey everyone!

Today I just want to tell you guys something little that I have realized while going trough this (difficult) part of my life.

So in the summer of 2016 I was diagnosed with a scin disease wich was quite serious. I got strong medications for it, I had a lot of doctor visits, a lot of tests were done to me,... 

The medication made me very tired. This tiredness wasn’t just a tiredness that goes away with some sleep but a sort of fatigue that is there all the time.

I still have this sickness, this medication, these doctor appointments,... and it all still makes me very tired.

I get a lot of support from family and friends (older than me). But somehow I feel like people my own age (but also some addults) don’t really get how I really feel. 

In school I need to do less and I get to come home urlier. And my friends who know my sickness often are kind of „jealous“ of these special things. But in reality I would rather be healthy and do all schoolwork instead of being sick!

I know that some (many) of you have a familymember, a friend or someone in their life who has some sort of sickness. Wether it’s a skin disease, a chronical sickness, cancer or something else but things like that always are hard. It seems for others like it’s not such a big deal but in reality it takes a lot of energy to be sick.

I would love that more people my own age would really ask me questions like how are you doing?, how do you feel?, can I do something for you?...

And that they wouldn’t get jealous because I get to go home urlier or get to skip a test.

(I‘m not mad at my friends, in many ways they love me and support me. But I just want to tell you the point of view from a sick person because this might help you to understand.) 

So I encourage you all to go to these people that you know are suffering some sort of sickness and ask them if they want to talk, need help,... 

=> support them!

Ask them also to explain their sickness and feelings to you so that you may understand them better. Because you can look from the outside but that often isn’t how they really feel.

Here are some texts that I found really describe well how people feel with sicknesses:

I hope you take my advice and start showing support to people with sicknesses (pray for them, talk with them, help them,...). Please understand that being sick isn’t fun and be thankful for your health!

Have a blessed end of the week!

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