Sometimes you have to let people go. It could be your best friend or your cousin you've known since birth... if they aren't supporting you, they don't deserve your companionship. We struggle and fight every single day of our lives for understanding and the people who are closest to us need to be the ones that hold us together when we start to fall apart. They are the ones that offer to help pay for your wheel chair when you can't afford one... not the one who puts you down for needing one. Out of all the pain that we go through on a daily basis, the pain of having a friend or family member not believe or support you trumps it all. If you are reading this as someone who knows an EDS-er or any Zebra, do not roll your eyes or ask us why we aren't doing one thing or another. We don't choose to live this way. If you find our condition as a nuisance, try living with it. I guarantee you that it's more of a nuisance to us. If you are reading this as an EDS-er, talk to the person in your life causing you anxiety first, but don't be afraid to cut off necessary ties. The last thing you need is someone making you feel guilty when you are doing all you can to survive every day.
Here's a happy little video about part tricks to counteract my depressing post...
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