I was reading something today that said people with curves of over 10 degrees make up only 2-3% of the population. & even if that's inaccurate, I think we can agree that it's uncommon.
I don't know what exactly bothers me about that, but I don't like the fact that you could stop a random person on the street, ask them what scoliosis is, & they probably won't know. In my Anatomy class last week we were learning about spinal conditions, & one of them was scoliosis. A few people had a vague idea about what it was, but no one had a full understanding of it. I sat there & couldn't believe how clueless some people are. It's like, you know when you talk about that rare, strange disease in class & people refer to it like something they'll never fully understand or be confronted with? I know what that's like. But sometimes you just don't think, for one second, that someone in that very class may have that disease. & I learned that last week when they were talking about scoliosis that way - as if no one they ever knew, especially not anyone in that class, could ever have it, because it's such a strange, uncommon disease that's a million miles away from their daily lives. But it IS MY life, & it's just so hard to see people so seperate from it, like it's so beyond comprehension.
Does any of that make any sense? I guess what I'm trying to say is that it's hard being in such a minority. I don't feel like people ever, truly get it - not unless you actually have to go through the treatments & x-rays & trips to the specialist & maybe (not in my case) surgery. & there's really nothing I can do about that, I guess. But I feel like everyone should know more about scoliosis. Because it IS real, it DOES exist, & it DOES affect peoples' lives. It affects MY life, & no one even knows what it is. That's why I hide it - because I feel like no one gets it.
Is anyone else frustrated about this sometimes? I feel almost like no one cares, or maybe they're just too uninformed to know they need to care. I'd love it if scoliosis was more widely known about & understood. I'd feel so much better, because right now I feel like I can't share it with anyone. I'm extremely insecure & self-conscious about my scoliosis - & a huge part of it is because I feel like no one would get it anyway if I shared.
Anyway. Half the time I was just venting :/ but... thoughts?
I don't know what exactly bothers me about that, but I don't like the fact that you could stop a random person on the street, ask them what scoliosis is, & they probably won't know. In my Anatomy class last week we were learning about spinal conditions, & one of them was scoliosis. A few people had a vague idea about what it was, but no one had a full understanding of it. I sat there & couldn't believe how clueless some people are. It's like, you know when you talk about that rare, strange disease in class & people refer to it like something they'll never fully understand or be confronted with? I know what that's like. But sometimes you just don't think, for one second, that someone in that very class may have that disease. & I learned that last week when they were talking about scoliosis that way - as if no one they ever knew, especially not anyone in that class, could ever have it, because it's such a strange, uncommon disease that's a million miles away from their daily lives. But it IS MY life, & it's just so hard to see people so seperate from it, like it's so beyond comprehension.
Does any of that make any sense? I guess what I'm trying to say is that it's hard being in such a minority. I don't feel like people ever, truly get it - not unless you actually have to go through the treatments & x-rays & trips to the specialist & maybe (not in my case) surgery. & there's really nothing I can do about that, I guess. But I feel like everyone should know more about scoliosis. Because it IS real, it DOES exist, & it DOES affect peoples' lives. It affects MY life, & no one even knows what it is. That's why I hide it - because I feel like no one gets it.
Is anyone else frustrated about this sometimes? I feel almost like no one cares, or maybe they're just too uninformed to know they need to care. I'd love it if scoliosis was more widely known about & understood. I'd feel so much better, because right now I feel like I can't share it with anyone. I'm extremely insecure & self-conscious about my scoliosis - & a huge part of it is because I feel like no one would get it anyway if I shared.
Anyway. Half the time I was just venting :/ but... thoughts?
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