My roommates were witness to a fibromyalgia flare up this passed week. We have one of those ikea lamps that you press the button on the floor to turn on and off. Unfortunately, the outlet is high up on the wall, so it meant that the button wasn't flat on the floor.
I was having a particular bad day and bending over to press the button wasn't an option. I just pulled it out of the wall to turn it off. The next morning, one roommate was like, "Hey, who pulled this out? It's not that hard to press the button." I explained that I was in no shape to do that and they looked pretty shocked.
I think at that moment, he started to understand the extent of this illness.
I was having a particular bad day and bending over to press the button wasn't an option. I just pulled it out of the wall to turn it off. The next morning, one roommate was like, "Hey, who pulled this out? It's not that hard to press the button." I explained that I was in no shape to do that and they looked pretty shocked.
I think at that moment, he started to understand the extent of this illness.