Author: emotionalsupportsisters
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How I got diagnosed-Missy
Hypermobility By the time I was 5, I had dislocated my elbow 3 times. The last time I remember well. It was a few days before my 5th birthday. I was playing ring around the rosy with a friend. We spun too fast and too hard. I stumbled and he didn’t let go. My elbow…
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Rae’s Diagnosis Story
Whenever I ask my parents if I was a difficult child they say I was a generally happy kid and well behaved, but I definitely had my hard moments. They believe those moments generally came from my struggles with anxiety. In first grade I would cry everyday before school and frequently went home with an…
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Our Origins Story
Our family is more than familiar with invisible illness. It runs deep in our family as far back as our grandparents and even our great grandparents. Our parents, being aware and a product of this family history, have always been open about mental and physical health struggles. When we came to them with our struggles,…
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Depression and Me
If Disney made an Inside-Out style movie about me, one of my islands could very well be titled “Depression”. While I have other diagnoses and, of course, other salient aspects of my identity, depression is part of how I became the person I am today. Depressing, isn’t it? I was diagnosed with “clinical depression” when…
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