When Friendship Changes After Illness
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When Friendship Changes After Illness (opens in a new tab)This is community discussion, not verified research or clinical guidance.
A person living with MND/ALS describes feeling hurt and lonely after friends gathered for Christmas without inviting them. They reflect that illness can change friendships and bring grief for how relationships used to feel. They say allowing these feelings, while remaining gentle and grateful, has helped them adjust.
Why this matters
The account may resonate with people living with MND/ALS and those who support them, especially during holidays or other occasions when social relationships feel different. It highlights that loneliness and grief can accompany changes in friendship, even when exclusion may not have been intentional.
Limitations and context
This is a personal community account, not clinical research or a representative survey. It describes one person’s experience and does not establish how common these feelings are or what support approaches work broadly.