Welcome to the Chronic/ Invisible Illness Society! This thread is for anybody with any form of chronic or invisible illness (or those who just want to know more about them).
These illnesses may include, but are not limited to: Autoimmune Conditions, Asthma, HIV, Diabetes, IBS, Mental Health Conditions.
We do already have some awesome threads for conditions like ME/ CFS, Mental Health issues and Thyroid issues which you may want to check out, but you can also feel free to post here with any of those.
For any study related issues or questions you can also check out the Disabled Students section (even if you wouldn't class your illness as a disability).
You can use this thread to chat about illnesses, share you experience, ask questions or just have a bit of a rant. Having a chronic or invisible illness can be a very lonely experience, but hopefully this thread can bring people together and help them feel less isolated.
While here please try to be sympathetic of and respect other people and their situations. Illness can be a very sensitive issue and can also vary a lot from person to person. Please remember that your experience or those of people you know may not be the same as another persons even if they have the same condition. Due to the sensitive nature of this topic it would be kind to keep things you read here private or ask the person if they mind you sharing. Please also be mindful of the site rules.
So what are chronic and invisible illnesses? A chronic illness is any illness that lasts more than 3 months. This can include conditions that may not always be apparent, but can flare up at times.
An invisible illness is an illness that is not necessarily obvious to observers.
Here are a few examples of and resources for chronic and invisible illnesses:
Autoimmune Conditions
http://www.healthline.com/health/autoimmune-disordersDiabetes
https://www.diabetes.org.uk/Diabetes-the-basics/Chronic Fatigue/ ME
https://www.omf.ngo/what-is-mecfs/?g...Fcsy0wodXx4B2wMental Health issues
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-...alth-problems/Asthma
https://www.asthma.org.uk/advice/und...hat-is-asthma/IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Irritab...roduction.aspx