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What Life Is Really Like When You're Young And Suffer From Arthritis
The content below was sourced from real posts on the Whisper app, the largest online community where people anonymously share real thoughts and feelings. Join the community to continue the conversation today. Arthritis is a painful condition where your joints are stiff and inflamed. Most people associate arthritis with the elderly community, but it can affect people of all ages. These confessions are from people who are under 40 and dealing with arthritis. Take a glimpse into their world with these honest confessions.

Another day, another pain.

1
Im getting so sick of being in pain all the time. I can hardly walk some days. I just want to be a normal 21 year old. I'm too young for arthritis!

From:
Goleta, California, US

The agony is real.

2
I've had arthritis since I was just 13. I also had arthritis in my wrists and hips by 16. The joys of being an old person in a young body...

From:
Grande Prairie, Alberta, CA

It's not just happening to the elderly.

3
I'm 23 and my arthritis has already spread from my hands to my elbows, and now to my knees. I feel so old even though I'm so young.

From:
Hemet, California, US

Little do they know...

4
I've got arthritis and I'm young. Have had it since I was a toddler. Quite a few times I've been asked to stand for others on buses/trains because people assume I am okay. I can sort of understand, but hate it.

From:
Somewhere

Come on, Susan!!

5
I have PTSD, depression, anxiety, fibromyalgia, endometriosis, and arthritis. People tell me I'm too young for that. Well, Susan, I didn't know you had a PHD.

From:
Mesa, Arizona, US

It can make you feel very left out.

6
I feel like I am less of a person because I have arthritis at such a young age. I appear to be lazy and boring because I can't do many things that most people do because of the pain. It makes me so depressed.

From:
Tallinn, Harjumaa, EE

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