Symptoms which manifest differently to yours do not automatically equal lack of the same condition. This touches on a truth even deeper still – just because you can’t see or understand it doesn’t mean it’s wrong. Furthermore, to quote Albinwonderland’s video: “Even if you own every Avengers comic that has ever been made, you still don’t own the Avengers.” If you have any or all of the symptoms associated with a condition, you do not own that condition. You do not get to decide who has it and who doesn’t based on your own narrow experience. You do not get to say who you “allow” respect and validation for their contribution based purely on your own. Every voice is valid and necessary. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. When dealing with illnesses which lack a cure, a clear pathology and any sort of rhyme or reason at all, medical science needs all the information it can get. It needs the experiences of patients across the entire spectrum of symptoms, manifestations and quirks. Somewhere in a time to come I believe that someone will experience something and by chance they will tell the right person about it, and it will provide the final clue which completes the jigsaw. Do you want to be the person who ignorantly dissuaded them from speaking up because you didn’t believe they fit into the “right” category? It’s an inescapable and tragic fact that when we play these sorts of comparison games, we all lose. {The Retired Bridgeburner}
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 04:40:54 +0000
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