M A L L O R Y
Whenever we know that a person is ill or has a terminal illness, we could not deny that we always see or think of them as people who are weak. And to me, being labeled as weak was something that I did not like since I knew I was. After everything I went through, I knew I was weak and I have always considered myself weak, now with my current illness and flare-ups, I considered myself weaker.
I felt that my illness was my weakness because of the stigma surrounding people who were physically incapacitated or who were suffering from chronic medical conditions. I felt that I was physically and emotionally weak because I would mentally think to myself that I could not do the things that would normally be expected of me if they found out that I was sick. I also felt that my illn
