... realizing that many people can't/won't understand what its like to be limited, to have any form of disability if they don't have one. its especially hard if they can't see the proof blatantly with their eyes because its something going on inside the body. they don't get that you just can't push yourself to do things even if you really want to, or you can't compromise your health in order to have fun. and when you do (because you like their company and are tired of being left out/alone, or being questioned about why you didn't do this or why you didn't do that), they don't understand how much it took for you to go out and do something. also, they never know how its going to affect you later. it takes you a couple of days, sometimes a week to recuperate from one night's worth of pushing yourself; what would take a healthy person less than 8 hours to sleep off. you end up exhausted the next day, unable to fulfill responsibilities and work, and many times certain activities will make the chronic pain you have worse.
it really makes me sad and makes me want to give up trying. you can't make everyone care, i know that. but i just wish so much that more people would take the time to try and understand. i don't want pity, i just want people to open their eyes a bit. there are a lot of disabled/limited people around that are completely ignored, worse off than me, and much, much lonelier. and they all need to be understood by another person. just being willing to listen and trying to understand what a person is going through makes a huge difference, along with being willing to make accommodations for the person that wouldn't really require any energy or hardship on the healthy individual.
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