I have sat here countless times with the exact emotions I’m feeling right now; so desperately wanting to speak to someone or at the very least simply to explain to anyone or anything how things are but who is there to turn to? Depression, ill-health, pain – they are things non-sufferers can’t relate to and I imagine that any time I try to speak to someone about my situation I am perceived to be whining.
“There are people worse off than me, who am I to complain?”
Next month I will have been ill for ten years, having started at the age of 15. I […]