September 29th - Living with Invisible Illness
For those who do not know, it is Invisible Illness Awareness Week (IIAW)!
As such, we have a few things lined up during this week in order to honour this observance. Feel free to join in, if you can! - We encourage everyone to share and strive to learn about invisible illnesses during this time.
Yesterday's focus was "Let's talk about invisible illnesses!". This was intended to kick-start the conversation. To open the opportunity to talk about and express what they are, what our personal experiences are regarding living with them or living with those who have them, and so forth.
Today's focus is Living with Invisible Illness.
We would like to use this day in order to think more about our every day life living with invisible illness, what that involves and our thoughts on it.
Here are some things you can get involved with today on 7 Cups for IIAW:
Discussion: Chronic Pain and Illness @Minionator and @Kallie112358
Location: Listener Community Room
Time: 8am EDT
Forum post: Introducing the Chronic Pain and Illness Forum
Information: Giving an introduction to a few things available in this forum section, which may be a great space for those with chronic pain and illness to share and connect with each other.
Forum post: What is your invisible fight?
Information: Sharing what our personal experiences are with our invisible fights.
Forum post: A little help gives a lot of hope
Information: A reflection on the profoundness of this statement regarding invisible illness.
Forum post: The Invisible Me
Information: A poem touching upon the experiences and feelings of someone with an invisible illness.
Feed Activity: Talking about Invisible illnesses: Part I
Information: Today's entry for the #IIAW hashtag will be on Fibromyalgia
Feed Activity: My Invisible Fight
Information: What is a fight for you that few people would even notice or understand? It doesnt have to signify something you cannot do. It can represent something that is just an extra challenge for you, something that makes you sigh with frustration, or perhaps hold your breath with a bit of anxiety. Share them with us via your feed this week! Hashtags: #MyInvisibleFight #InvisibleFight #IIAW
Feed Activity: 30 Things About My Invisible Illness Challenge
Information: Complete these sentences in order to give others an insight into your experience with an invisible illness. E.g., The illness I live with is…, I was diagnosed with it in the year…, But I had symptoms since.... You may wish to post one thing a day on your feed, or perhaps three or more - or all!
Hope you'll have a good day today! Learn more about IIAW here.
Did you know? It is also World Heart Day today! Find out more about that here.
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