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I hate it that my entire life experience is dismissed with a curt, “There’s nothing wrong with you!”

“If it wasn’t for the fertility issue, you would never have known!”

What, and that’s all it is? That was its only impact? I’m sorry, but I knew there was something wrong with me even before diagnosis. What exactly, I had no idea, but all the signs were there.

To say, “there’s nothing wrong with you” is to dismiss all I’ve experienced. To say, “it’s nothing” or “everyone experiences that!”

Well, thank you. Thank you for misunderstanding me completely. For not trying to understand. For not accepting any of the research done into the condition and its impact on real lives.

Thank you for completely dismissing me, my thoughts and experiences.