In the past 72 hours, I feel like I have fought a war, won a battle and maybe seen a glimpse of some rays of light. I have felt: empowered, betrayed, craziness, misunderstood, frustrated, hurt, reassured, saddened, angry, attacked, truthful, determined, supported, relief, drained, loved, tired, annoyed, amazed, understood, reinforced, and loved.
That's a lot of emotions for any person to go through in a short period of time. The fact that most of my emotions stemmed from family interactions made it all the more intense for me. In life, family can probably cause more stress than a lot of things. With endometriosis, these stresses can become stressors that can cause setbacks if they are allowed in. I have spent, what seems to me, so much energy trying to simply explain to people what is real for me and how I feel and what is going on inside my body. It all seems so easy for me because I know exactly how I feel all the time. I would imagine a lot of people with an invisible illness know how I'm feeling.
