Advice for handing sadness?
For those diagnosed late in life, how do you reconcile that no one noticed your illness as a child?
My parents, who do not have these conditions, dismissed my chronic pain, inability to run, bleeding fatigue and frequent dislocations as laziness or complaining. I thought everyone had pain. As an adult is discovered I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (VEDS) and serious vascular issues, including a 10cm vascular tumor on my neck that was previously dismissed as a birthmark all my life.
How do you heal from this as an adult?