I follow a Facebook page where people with various medical conditions can share their stories with the world.
I saw a story about a woman who was born with one kidney, two uteruses, no stomach, no normal airway, and required multiple surgeries to feed, breathe, and live.
I watched her mother describe how the ultrasound when she was pregnant with the lady was very strange, and they thought the child would die.
I read about another person who had a degenerative skin condition, and the doctor basically told her that the condition would kill her, and that it would only worsen over time. I witnessed another person's growth being stunted as a result of a chemotherapy reaction, and it had a significant impact on them.
While the population of people suffering from chronic or terminal conditions is estimated to be 2 to 5% of the world's population, it is mind-boggling to experience complex and multiple chronic conditions and be plagued by questions like "why me?"
You start to wonder why you are not part of the larger population that is healthier.
It makes you feel extremely left out
Sadly, life can leave anyone behind
I have seen a lot of videos of people with very serious health conditions, and it is sometimes a sad reality that they will have to watch their condition deteriorate while they have no control over it.
Consider how dangerous diabetes can be; when treated early, people live relatively healthy lives; however, with genetic, neurological, or other chronic conditions, you can eat the best food and take all precautions, and nothing will happen. Nothing hurts more than looking ahead and seeing only the impending sadness.
It can be the sadness of not being able to accept that life is cruel, or the emotional trauma of others having one or two things to say about you. Web2 social app is a particularly toxic environment.
When people see something strange or witness another person's suffering and pain, instead of being empathetic and grateful that they do not have to deal with that person's problems, they begin to laugh, mock, and ask strange questions.
Many people in life suffer from various types of painful health conditions; being poor is a different kind of pain. Poor people are frequently ignored, excluded, and denied opportunities in life due to a lack of funds.
Being unhealthy, on the other hand, causes inner pain because it is both physical and mental. Let us be honest: people have different types of painful life experiences, and some are worse than others.
We have a way of coping by remembering that there are people who have it even worse, and the people who have it the worst are the ones whose pain cannot be truly understood, because, let us face it, we only know or understand what we have experienced.
Why me?
I've discovered that the "why me" question of trying to place logic or meaning to why things happen is of no use. I understand that sometimes people crave clarity because clarity brings closure; however, life is not meant to give everyone closure; there are questions that cannot be answered, and we will continue to seek answers without receiving any.
I believe that people should understand that good health, genetics, good looks, bad looks, and everything else are not determined by them; people inherit good looks, while another person may inherit bad looks.
Empathy
Sometimes we are fortunate, and sometimes we are unlucky, which is why I believe people should choose to be grateful instead. Life could easily have dealt them a bad hand, but they were saved.
I believe that if everyone begins to feel this way, they will be more empathetic toward others; no one is inferior or superior because of circumstances beyond their control.
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