Loneliness

JIA_2004

Hi all, I was diagnosed with JIA aged 1, and I’m now 22. I have since been diagnosed with a further 4 autoimmune diseases and I have been feeling extremely isolated as none of my peers can relate to some of the things I have experienced or continue to experience in my daily life. I was wondering if anyone else feels like this or if it’s just me?

mollymartin

hi I was 18 when I was diagnosed with RA, im now 19 at uni, and I completely understand what you mean, nobody else around me seems to have issues, while theyre all dancing in bars, im sitting in the corner alone, it has ruined plenty of nights out and made me feel like I could never have friends with this condition, with my newest friends I even lied to them and only told them what I had when we were going out for the first time. Its hard to be young and have this as many of us just feel different and unable to do as much as others

noddingtonpete

Hello @mollymartin you might find the following article of interest

https://www.versusarthritis.org/news/2020/august/my-first-year-at-university-felt-like-the-worst-time-to-be-living-with-arthritis/

Best wishes

Peter