I CAN’T DO ANYTHING ANYMORE. I’M A WASTE OF SPACE.

I’m all too aware of this feeling, especially when it comes to making job applications.

Even now, it still hurts when I get rejected for jobs that I can do but when they realise I’ve got multiple sclerosis and asthma, they lose their enthusiasm to have me in their company.

The right support changes everything for the better. I’m a loyal and hard-working person but once they realise I’m in stage two of MS, I won’t hear from them again.

So I remind myself of what I’d say to myself before having this long term illness. Nobody has a duty to give me a job.

But please remember this, if (like me) you do have a chronic neurological disease affecting the central nervous system:

Your illness is not your fault.

You didn’t choose to be unwell.

You do not deserve to be unwell.

You are not letting anyone down by having MS.

You are not a failure by having MS.

 

The following statement goes for everyone, male and female, regardless of your situation, race or sexuality:

Don’t let anyone make you feel guilty or obligated.

 

 

Light and Peace,

 

Andria.