In a world where there are many types of
discrimination such as race, religion, sex, age, marital status, physical or
intellectual impairment or sexual orientation to name a few, not many people
have caught on to this type of discrimination: The new discrimination.
Why is that, I wonder? The answer is very simple. They
can’t see it; and most people don’t even believe you if you try to explain it
to them. But they will discriminate because there are many who can’t wrap their
brains around it. Why? Because this is an invisible and insidious type of
entity that allows you to look normal on the outside while you suffer the
agonies of hell on the inside—both at a physical and mental level. The name for
this entity is “chronic pain”.
So those of us who suffer from chronic pain (or any
chronic illness where you still look healthy on the outside) learn to become real
actors. In fact, we should all get Academy Awards because we do this so well.
We go about life looking like any other person in the street on the exterior,
but we hide the pain and mental anguish on the inside... MORE
