You see me smiling
And think I am okay
You see me out and about
I look like I’m having fun
…
You see me working hard
I look like a normal person
You see me socialising
And think there can’t be anything wrong
…
But what you don’t see
When I get home I’m exhausted
I have no energy to do anything else
So I rest the evening away
…
I cry when I’m by myself
The pain and fatigue get too much
I force myself to act fine while I’m out
And it causes even more pain
…
On my days off I do nothing
Or I do some small things
I make it sound like I’m doing lots
When I’ve only been able to do a little
…
I just want to live a normal life
But I can only do it in small doses
Before my body and mind give up
And I am forced to rest
…
If you look beyond the smile
You will see the pain in my eyes
I’m not faking being ill
I’m faking being well
Hello Fibro Blog 
Unfortunately, an excellent description of what it is to live with fibro. You are very talented! ~Kim
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Thank you so much for your kind words. You are also very talented, I’ve been following your blog for a while! It’s lovely to have such a community of bloggers online who support each other x
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My tribe has come through for me many times. Keep writing! I look forward to reading much more! ~Kim
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My mum has fibro and I marvel at how she manages to be there for her family and spend time with her grandchildren, smiling through the pain and resting when she needs to. Thanks for sharing your experience so eloquently.
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Hi Bethan,
Just wanted to let you know that this post of yours was in the top 10 posts of the week on my Twitter feed, and I’ve listed it here. Keep up the fab work! 🙂
https://www.achronicvoice.com/2019/02/01/issue-147-top-health-tweets/
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Ahh thank you so much!
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I found this circulating on facebook, without the attribution to you. Tracked it down to your blog through Google. 😊 Thank you for putting together in words what life with an invisible illness is like! This was shared in my chronic headache/migraine FB group, but I also have fibromyalgia, and it is spot on for both.
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