Laura is constantly hindered; every part of her life is defined around her illness. “As for dating: I need people I date to be a little able to take care of themselves, because me taking care of me takes a lot of energy, and I can’t be responsible for every little hurt feeling someone has. Isn’t that a terrible way to feel about love? It’s hard to manage professionally too—the short-lived jobs, the gaps in between them. Who wants to hear about your hopes for your new medication? How can you ask that anyone understand? Before I’d ever had this illness myself, I had a dear friend who was
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