Chronic Illness on Yik Yak | is there any good way to tell ur chronically ill friends that their illnesses affect me too? But like in a nice way bc im more just always trying to work with their symptoms and needs to adjust, and I don’t always feel they think of my needs too

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Chronic Illness 4w

is there any good way to tell ur chronically ill friends that their illnesses affect me too? But like in a nice way bc im more just always trying to work with their symptoms and needs to adjust, and I don’t always feel they think of my needs too

Anonymous 4w

i cannot think of a nice way to say this because i can almost guarantee their illness impacts them more than it does you.

Anonymous 4w

You shouldn’t say that because of what #1 said. It doesn’t even seem like that’s actually the issue. It sounds like the issue is that they aren’t being understanding/accommodating of your stuff. Maybe approach it from that angle. Tell them what you feel like you need or even just that you feel like your needs are an afterthought.

Anonymous 4w

I am mostly able bodied, I’ve got a raynauds diagnosis but it doesn’t give me pain like them. But we’re all neurodivergent

Anonymous

#1 4w

i can acknowledge it may inconvenience you, but they are also being inconvenienced. what situations make you want to say this?

Anonymous

#1 4w

it’s not ab being inconvenienced it’s more about how I provide support and then one of them literally told me she forgot I had anxiety

Anonymous

#1 4w

I just feel that I consider so many things for them and it’s not reciprocated

Anonymous

#2 4w

there’s a lot more going on I’m just frustrated rn ab other stuff & trying to figure out how to ask for what I need. It’s just difficult to try to talk to them about anything when I’m a) just not used to talking ab stuff and b) it’s just hard to ask things of them sometimes when I know what they both are going through. I know both the mental and physical, & I don’t want to burden them when I help them so much. I want it to be offered when they can, I don’t want to make them help when they can’t