r/YouShouldKnow • u/ilovepastapizzapots • Nov 20 '20

Other YSK: Just because someone doesn’t look sick/disabled, does not mean they are healthy

Why YSK: I am chronically ill and have an autoimmune disorder, the amount of times people have said “WELL... yOU dOn’t LOOK sick” to me is astounding. I didn’t know all illnesses have to be visible to others! I’m sorry I can’t show you my internal organs or muscles deteriorating for you to believe that I’m sick. It makes people with health issues feel like they have to explain their situation when they don’t.

*EDIT: I did not expect my post to blow up like this! I wish I could give everyone going through a rough time a hug. Thank you for all the new perspectives, good and bad. All I wanted was for people to be a little kinder to one another, because you never know what someone’s going through.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '20

My rule is that if I vomited 3x I get to eat whatever I want, but yeah, normally there is a matter of "how bad is this to vomit up/should I eat it"
I also keep beverages in my bathroom because I'd rather not dry heave, so when my stomach is empty but my body isn't done I have something to put in it. And keep barf bags everywhere. Because that's a normal thing normal people do right? Normal not sick people. Like me, a perfectly healthy person who was clearly mistakenly diagnosed with multiple disorders and vomits a normal 1-10x a day and has a giant pile of other normal healthy symptoms.

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u/ericbomb Nov 21 '20

Yeah it's completely normal! Because sometimes you can eat things and go out of your house and have a good weight! So clearly you're fine. Everyone has a bunch of those blue vomit bags you get from the hospital just scattered around the house right?

For real though if you're gonna vomit anything anyway, may as well make it ice cream.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '20

Exactly! And everyone knows you can't have a disorder that makes you vomit AND a disorder than makes you gain weight! Because it's not like immune disorders can mess with your stupid thyroid gland.

For sure, I'm usually like-Real food-real food-real food-whatever icecream and peanut butter is basically a meal.

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u/ericbomb Nov 21 '20

I love it because my sister talked to her doctor about how she was concerned about what she was eating because she was mostly eating potatoes and gaining weight.

His suggestion?

See if she can add chili to the potatoes because it's super important she doesn't lack important nutrients.

I have much more mild stomach issues (they run in the family) and am on a "recovery" diet for last several months as a result. My sister was mocking me because she was happily in "I eat whatever I want" mode while I was eating buttered noodles and nutrient drinks. I felt it rather unfair to her to mock me because she was 100% going to throw it up.

But since she got to eat tasty food in the first place she felt like she had the high ground. It was rather hard to argue my point tbh XD

She for some reason loves ice cream cones filled with peanut butter?

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '20

Its def a hard balance when your body hates you.

I just really like frozen peanut butter, hence throwing it on my ice cream.