�Having extra needs does not make you too difficult, too time-consuming, but worthy of compassion and love.���Chanel Miller Here�s my latest article for RheumatoidArthritis.net�published today! Not �Too Difficult� People who live with extra needs, such as having�RA, often struggle...
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�Having extra needs does not make you too difficult, too time-consuming, but worthy of compassion and love.���Chanel Miller
Here�s my latest article for RheumatoidArthritis.net�published today!
People who live with extra needs, such as having�RA, often struggle with feeling like they�re a burden to their family and friends � and to everyone. They constantly worry that they�re �too much� for people because of their chronic illnesses and chronic pain: financially, physically, and emotionally. And they often work and fight really hard to�mask their pain and illness�in order to not be a burden.
This isn�t fair, of course, because nobody chooses to have this painful disease, and I believe that people are invariably doing the best they can in life. But when you live with an �invisible illness� such as RA, it�s easy for others to not know or understand just how painful and debilitating RA can be. We who have RA want to be �normal� and productive members of our families, communities, and society.�And we don�t want to burden anyone or feel like a burden or a pain because of our limitations and disabilities from the disease.
