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...It’s like the invisible man is still punching me even after knocking down one of his goons....

...Because symptoms like fatigue are sometimes invisible, many in the community often feel misunderstood by their employer....

...I rarely spoke about the influence of pain on my day, so that it was invisible to almost everyone but me, my doctor, and my close family....

...Sometimes I get angry with the mirror. I feel it doesn’t reflect how I am feeling—specifically, how I am feeling on a bad RA day. There’s the saying: “It is...

...So many people struggle with feeling invisible and hidden because their disease may not be observable to others, yet it is a serious and destructive illness...

...Shame. It goes hand-in-hand with rheumatoid arthritis, chronic illness, and disability. Every day, we get one thousand little subconscious hints that we should hide our illnesses and feel embarrassed about...

...I think people forget that immunocompromised people are all around us, and for those of us with “invisible illnesses,” that reality is all the stronger...

...The "invisible illness problem" strikes again....

...It’s silent and invisible to those around us....

...In addition, I have found in my experience that RA fog increases my frustration levels because it is an invisible force zapping you of your energy — you...

...In my opinion, there are some unique ways in which chronic illness/invisible illness/autoimmune disease (call it whatever you'd like) changes us....

...I think it's probably a common and natural reaction when you have an invisible illness....

...Unfortunately, because it is an “invisible disability” that is not readily recognizable, many people have no idea just how common, and how serious, RA...

...I’ve come to accept that most of my invisible effort will remain so....

...Rheumatoid arthritis is often referred to as an “invisible disability.”...

...But it is just one more in a long line that reinforces that people with disabilities, and especially those of us with invisible disabilities, have a long...

...Fatigue is one of those “silent” or “invisible” symptoms that are difficult to explain or categorize....