u/Dangerous-Turn-2691

Hello, I am newly diagnosed, got POTS after Lyme disease. I am 22, in school but unemployed. I live with my father at the moment, and he just doesn't believe I am sick. When I told him how my pulse spikes after I stand up he gave me the "that happens to everyone". It started wit me being bedridden for two months, then the heart problems stayed once the Lyme was cleared. I used to be active, doing hip-hop and contemporary dance, but now I can't even do a minute without feeling like I am going to faint. My father thinks I am being lazy and I just don't want to do anything other than lying in bed and being on the computer. Whenever I need to sit down for a few minutes after standing to do chores, he comes and grill me about it. I explained it to him many times. I explained the Lyme disease and POTS. Once I even snapped at him, crying why he doesn't understand. Now he wants me to get a factory job to do besides school. He drilled my blinds up to force sunlight into my room because sunlight will cure me apparently. I'm just so depressed and I've begun to think that maybe he is right and I am just lazy. My only escape are my German lessons with my teacher, who is basically a second mother to me.