With chronic illness, you normalise so many things most people won't ever feel.

With chronic illness, you normalise so many things most people won't ever feel. You normalise high levels of pain, being exhausted, medical procedures and trauma, needing to rest after a shower. People see you surviving with an illness, but not all you had to normalise to do so.

— Nia | The Chronic Notebook (@chronicnotebook) January 21, 2023