[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This post is a collection of what to say to someone with a chronic illness. To be clear, it’s a collection of the RIGHT things to say to someone with a chronic illness because WRONG things are said way too often. All of the graphics in this post as well as the idea for this came from Her Foggy Mind, a Swede that I love on Instagram – her IG handle is linked here, and her blog is here (she doesn’t blog much though).
I wanted to write this post because my mom has fibromyalgia. I know that I usually don’t say the right thing to her,. Heck, I struggle with saying the right thing to anyone most of the time. That’s why I write posts about the right things to say (like to us with disabilities), the wrong the things to say (to us deaf), and what to say to someone who has a child with Down syndrome.
I’d like to get this right, and I found this really helpful.
What to Say to Someone with a Chronic Illness:
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The Right Things to Say to Someone with a Chronic Illness
So, there are a lot of right things to say to someone with a chronic illness. I loved the suggested listed here through @herfoggymind ‘s excellent graphics and I’ll be thinking of ways to expand on them.
What are your thoughts? Any other suggestions on what great things to say to someone with a chronic illness would be?
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Meriah Nichols is a counselor. Solo mom to 3 (one with Down syndrome, one on the spectrum). Deaf, and neurodiverse herself, she’s a gardening nerd who loves cats, Star Trek, and takes her coffee hot and black.
