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sasha_featherTBQ Tumbles: CarolCon: The Enemy Within and Chronic Illness
Chronic illness isn’t very glamorous. It’s more of a daily grind that’s frustrating for you and boring for everyone else. People tend to want to tune it out in real life, so why show it in a story?
But if you’re someone like me it means another way to see yourself in a story. Even more when it’s seeing someone like Carol have the same frustrations you do over the things you can’t do, over the setbacks, or even over one more freaking doctor’s appointment.
Chronic illness isn’t very glamorous. It’s more of a daily grind that’s frustrating for you and boring for everyone else. People tend to want to tune it out in real life, so why show it in a story?
But if you’re someone like me it means another way to see yourself in a story. Even more when it’s seeing someone like Carol have the same frustrations you do over the things you can’t do, over the setbacks, or even over one more freaking doctor’s appointment.