Struggles associated with an invisible disability

by Carol Noble

It is hard to come to terms with an "invisible" disability. My son looked normal when he was born and he passed all the early milestones with ease, yet by the time he was three years old he was struggling. quite seriously...read more

by Angelica Weathersby

Mental illness is invisible to most people. True, some of us can recognize the haunted, haunting look in the eyes of a person with schizophrenia. The lady with the shopping cart containing all of her personal possessions...read more

by Shari Maclean

Call me lucky. Call me blessed. Just don't call me first thing in the morning. It might take me an hour to find just the right way to extricate myself from bed with the minimal amount of pain. Last year I would have fa...read more

by Lindsey Feldman

My monumental, life-long struggle with mental illness has left me incapacitated at times, taking on the world at others. It has caused me to become paranoid to the point of defending myself against threats no one else see...read more

by Andie Anderson

A great deal of people are walking around today with what I call "Functional Insanity". These people work at jobs and have lives interacting with others, and they don't show the subtle indications of mental illness or tha...read more

by Grey Lady

For all intents and purposes anyone looking at my son sees a strong healthy male and many choose to pass judgment on him when they learn that even though he is an adult he still lives at home and has no income. 90% to 95% ...read more

by Erin Knight

Disabilities come in many forms. Those that can't visibly be detected, often are not taken seriously or dismissed as being without merit. For the people who suffer these kinds of ailments the symptoms are very real and lif...read more

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by John Cargile

Most everyone in today's society has gotten the feeling of being out of control, panicky or anxious about a situation. Sometimes those feelings become full blown attacks. Remember Bob in the movie, "What About Bob...read more

by Laura Leigh Fields

I am a bipolar schizophrenic. I don't exactly function the way the world thinks I should but I hide it well. You wouldn't have known I am mentally ill if I hadn't told you. My illness is invisible to the public yet at time...read more

by Stephen Alexander

Social Security Disability This is my story and it has been a tough row to hoe. In March of 2006, I had a cerebral-vascular stroke, which left me with a left-side weakness and permanent speech impairment. I have applied...read more

by Marsha Moore

I am a 35 year old single parent with a severe disability in my spine. It started 7 years ago while pregnant with my youngest daughter. I was paralyzed from the waist down with no conclusive reason as to what happened to m...read more

by Michelle Ward

I too suffer with an invisible disability, I have neuropathy in my legs. What this is is when the nerves die and you have no feelings in whatever part of your body the nerves die in. No problem you say, no nerves, no feel...read more

by Janice Howard

Visiting with my twenty-one year old daughter the other day, I was reminded of how much simpler life was when I knew everything. Now fifty-five and living on Social Security disability, I am reminded daily of the problems...read more

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by Mia Dawson

I believe I was born lonely. I was born different, never quite fitting in with my classmates at the very earliest stages of my life. I walked alone, not sure to this day whether it was by choice or happen stance. I felt di...read more

by Amy Hill

Living with a invisible disability is very frustrating due to so many different reasons. I am a 35 year old single mother trying my best to raise two teenage daughters with chronic pain. Every day is a struggle for our f...read more

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by Alison Jerabek

A little boy is throwing various objects-paper, pens, anything he can get his hands on-across the long brown table. His Sunday school teacher is frantically trying to calm him while he yowls several unintelligible words. ...read more

by Danielle Littles

When most people think of a disability, it's an obvious physical disability that usually comes to mind. However, there are a number of invisible disabilities. One of which is a hearing impairment. This one usually goes unn...read more

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by Jake Lloyd Jones

One Spring morning 1n 1997, I woke alongside my (then )wife, feeling as though I had been shot in the head...She gasped in horror..."What's in God's name, has happened to you?" she said. "You look like you've had a stroke ...read more

by Amy Browne

Each cold damp day I struggle with an invisible disability that leaves me in so much pain that I tend to stand in side and do as little moving as possible. I am not alone there are plenty of people around the world with my...read more

by Gill Hamper

A few months ago i was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, have you ever heard of it? I certainly hadn't. It's known as The Invisible Illness because there are no outward signs of it. Inside though it is a different story. I h...read more