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i haven't been motivated to rp lately because of health issues but i feel like certain people will assume i'm making a mountain out of a molehill. or simply being a hypochondriac.

i'm dealing with shit that legitimately runs in my family so it's not like i googled "causes of coughing" and am now freaking out about possible lung cancer.

advice, anons? it's nothing terminal but it can affect my immune system. not fun.

Assuming that there is no reason for these people to believe you are exaggerating your health issues, anyone who doesn't take your word for it isn't worth your time.

you may be surprised by the number of people in this hobby similar health issues

If they don't understand it's on them

I have a two-decade history of conversion disorders that I've always spoken about extensively online, well before I found out that most of my physical issues were more psychological than anything. In that time, I think I had one person accuse me of Munchausen's by Internet and that was really the only backlash I ever got.

As far as I can tell, the reason it never became an issue was because I never used my constant sickness against others in irrelevant ways. Yes, I'd complain and gripe sometimes, but I didn't demand different treatment from any of my online friends or get angry that I wasn't prioritized in every possible way IRL. For lack of a better explanation, it was my shit and I made sure it stayed my shit instead of expecting the world to make my life better and lashing out when that didn't happen.

This is all kind of tangentially related because you've got a real physical issue, but the point I'm coming to is: talking about health issues on social media will usually go down just fine with people when they're not being drawn into them in unfair ways. That goes for physical ones as much as mental ones. Resentment about all the responsibility being deflected onto them is mostly what gets people complaining and doubting the nature of the illness.

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