Today, my aunt informed me that she thinks I'm faking the debilitating disease I've had for the past 13 years. Apparently she thinks I just don't want to go to college or get a job, and that I like living on disability. She also added that my entire extended family agrees with her. FML
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Today, I'm incredibly sick. I can't breathe, can't walk ten steps without falling, and no one believes me. My mom just sat next to me and said, "Honey, isn't this all a bit much? Quit being dramatic, because I can't believe this." When I asked why I would fake this, my sister yelled, "Guess you can't go shopping!" I'd want to. FML
Today, I was diagnosed with a chronic pain condition. My parents seemed very sympathetic and my mother even cried. When we got home, though, they started laughing and asked if I really believed all the shit the doctor was talking about. FML
Today, my dad told me that I'm nothing but a burden because I can't work, and disability is worth nothing. It's not my fault I ended up in an abusive foster home that left me with spinal cord damage. FML
Today, I found out that my parents have always believed that every single time I have ever showed emotion, I was faking it and that I'm actually a sociopath with no feelings. I was kicked out of the theater department at my college for my poor acting skills, and they know it. FML
Today, after years of me trying to get better, I finally have to admit that I'm severely disabled, as I saw it on my assistance paperwork. FML
Today, I was told by my teacher that she had 'given up' teaching me because someone had told her I have a mental illness, and that I don't understand what she says. FML
Today, my mother topped someone's story of their child's problems by saying I'm on drugs. This resulted in people showing up to stage an intervention for me. She made the whole thing up and I've never used drugs, but no one believes me. FML
Today, my sister compared me handling the news of recently being told that I have a devastating and very possibly fatal autoimmune disease, to that of a teenager being melodramatic. FML
Today, I went to the doctor with some serious physical symptoms that amount to being effectively disabled. She didn’t even ask any questions or examine me before telling me it was all purely psychological. I barely managed to convince her to at least order some blood tests, as a formality. FML
Today, my dad completely disregards my mental health, insists mental disorders are just excuses for laziness in my generation, so even though I have crippling depression, at times he has no sympathy and will mercilessly bully me into “snapping out of it” and to "get a damn job already." FML
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Herbal_fml 0
What specific debilitating disease? Should have said the name. Then I could have googled it.
Chibi_fml 9
#06 - The OP said they suffer from a DISEASE, not a DISABILITY. There are numerous debilitating diseases out there that would prevent someone from going to work or school. It's very tactless of your aunt to have said something like that to you, particularly if you've been to the doctor. This situation is a hard FML, because it all depends on how the OP is acting... Still, FYL for having to deal with someone who can be so rude.
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froggey 0
i think I know u
thekat0711 0
I have the same problem. my siblings r like eff u but luckily my parents understand. and most intelligent people when I explain why I need a hip replacement at age 31, (among other things). seriously, nothing hurts more than people thinking I'm a liar, especially my siblings. id give u a thousand agree votes bc I know how much it hurts. so if u guys still think the op is faking, it's really happening to me so it's not impossible.
PaddedWhiteRoom 0
tell them to go **** themselves
Madstar744 0
You ignorant ***** think that depression is nothing more than over-dramatic, over-emotional wimp-assed bitches? Seriously? The fact is that Depression IS an illness. This is from my personal experience, what I'm about to tell you. I'm fifteen and I've gone through depression four times. And I can tell you, no matter how horrible and worthless you feel when you're depressed, you never truly grasp how down you were until you start going up again. From my own experience, depression makes you feel like there is no point in you walking on the Earth. Like you have no future, no potential for anything. And what's the point of saying you've been through it (just so people will listen to you) if two seconds later you put the rest of us down for talking about it? You haven't really been through it if all you think it is is dramatization.
BeanieBGone 6
Alcoholism is considered a disease as is any addiction. Same as depression/anxiety.
D_Rods_Babii 2
depends on the condition really...
A535holla 0
If you have some gay psychosomatic illness then I agree with her. If your own family thinks you are faking then it's a pretty good sign that it's all in your head.
cjr413 0
**** her, us disabled people would love to be able to do things that normal people do. As a sufferer of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and having been told I was faking it, I know how it feels
deathfyre8 13
YDI for faking a debilitating disease... You are one ****** up person
hannahhlizz 18
I'm right where you are, OP. I got my doctor to write a note that confirms that I do have a chronic illness. I mailed the copies to my relatives and I don't get any shit from anyone anymore. It's worth a shot. Hope things improve for you!