EP77: Internet Trolls & Ableism: People with Chronic Illness Don't Deserve Less Love Than You

<p>In this episode, Hailey &amp; Jess dive into an Instagram post that got quite a bit of attention recently on Jess's personal page. Jess was diagnosed with chronic multiple tick-borne illness, better known as Chronic Lyme Disease, in 2018 and has shared vulnerably about her illness off and on on Instagram over the years. Last week, Jess shared a mirror selfie along with a short caption about her shower chair and in response received a very judgmental and hateful comment from a random user insulting those with chronic illness specifically.&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>We chat about Jess's feelings towards the comment and how she went about responding to it</li> <li>We discuss how much the chronic illness community showed up for each other in this moment</li> <li>We share an anonymous DM that Jess received in response to the woman's comment that fueled our souls</li> <li>We talk about the insecurities that people with chronic illness face when entering into a romantic relationship</li> </ul> <p>See the spoken about post <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CZaLalsvYPg/" target="_blank">here</a></p> <p>Follow us on <a href="//www.instagram.com/socialsoulpodcast" target="_blank"><strong>Instagram</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@socialsoulpodcast" target="_blank"><strong>TikTok</strong></a><strong> </strong>and please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts &amp; Spotify.</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/socialsoulpodcast/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/socialsoulpodcast/support</a>