Fed up of explaining!

Roland
Roland Community member Posts: 27 Contributor
Does anybody else with an invisible disability get fed up of hearing their own voice over and over again explaining your disability?

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  • Sam_Alumni
    Sam_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,605 Championing
    Yes! I am with you @Roland
  • steve51
    steve51 Community member Posts: 7,122 Championing
    Hi @Roland.

    Welcome aboard the great ship (Scope About Disability)

    Yes I'm in the same "boat" as you.

    I think the term is "Banging your Head against a Brick Wall"
  • gnmeads
    gnmeads Community member Posts: 187 Empowering
    Hi
    Yes definitely, can we help at all?
  • MikeBroderick
    MikeBroderick Community member Posts: 234 Empowering
    Hi @roland:

    I can empathize. I don't get asked too often about my visible disability anymore, but I used to a lot when I was younger. Now I think people see me as older and aren't  really intrigued anymore :).

    How do you deal with it?
  • suzylou
    suzylou Community member Posts: 21 Contributor
    am fed up of people not believing I have an illness because it is invisible!!
  • Nystagmite
    Nystagmite Community member Posts: 595 Empowering
    Well don't explain then? I only explain to those who I absolutely have to.
  • loucat
    loucat Community member Posts: 1 Listener
    Yes both my daughter and I have an invisabie disability (EDS)
     Especially when we use the blue badge. We get a few judgemental looks