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Originally Posted by BirdDancer
Thank you, everyone, for sharing on this topic. I understand wanting to keep the pain from family, but I do wonder if I would do the same in the same way if I rather had a physical ailment vs. a mental illness. I certainly do believe more people would have visited me in the hospital if I was there because of a bad car accident vs. mania.
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I imagine you would have had more visitors if you had been in a car accident.
From my experience, people tend to deal with all "chronic" illnesses in the same way, whatever their style. I have chronic physical illnesses and these do not get the same response as a car accident. My chronic MH and chronic physical issues/conditions are largely misunderstood and without support.
Important topic, by the way! Thank you!
WC