One of the most insightful articles I've read about the Chronic Lyme community and controversy:
Maybe It’s Lyme What happens when illness becomes an identity?
@CaulfieldTim @gorskon
https://www.thecut.com/2019/07/what-happens-when-lyme-disease-becomes-an-identity.html …
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That being said, what's wrong with psychosomatic issues? I get them all the time from anxiety
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"Where Murray sought to answer a question, the warrior who now takes up the cause of chronic Lyme is seeking to affirm an answer." We want answers as well. Just because people use support of others in a similar boat doesn't mean we don't want answers.
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"Lyme is a label for a state of being, a word that conveys your understanding of your lived experience. Lyme provides the language to articulate that experience and join with others who share it."
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I'm not looking "to join others" Nor am I seeking an identity. I'm sick, dude.
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Right, but what makes you think it might be Lyme? There are so many ways to be sick after all
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Anyway, the article is dismissive and implies that Lyme patients who might experience lingering symptoms are merely searching to join a club. Omg
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