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Name: | "Kelly" |
Age: | 16 |
Year of the Fix: | 2017 |
Location: | Manchester |
Campaign: | It's not all about poo! |
I've had Irritable Bowel Syndrome since I was 13 and I want the public to be kinder to sufferers. I actually feel the stigma of my condition so strongly that i've chosen to remain anonymous, for fear of being mocked.
If the world was a nicer place, then I would be out and talking openly about it, but I find it embarrassing to tell people, and worry about public reaction.
This condition is embarrassing, you can feel depressed, isolated and stressed – and that cycle of stress only makes it worse. It’s very disruptive because you always have to plan your day and your activities around being near a toilet.
A lot of people think you just spend all your time pooing so they think it’s funny, they see it as a joke. They don’t see that it can also cause a lot of physical pain. It’s a life-changing, debilitating and serious medical condition.
*Kelly is not my real name.
The following fixers helped me with this fix:
Josef Owen Woodruff
Phoebe McManus
'Ben'
Becky Thorn
Jo Quinn
Hannah Carter
Shannon Rawlings
Shano
Sam Womack
Timothy Cranfield
Shak & Natasha
'Kate'
Mason Latey
Liam Thomas
Sam Barakat
Becky
Jack H
Lauren Taylor
Alexandra Garrick
Ethan Mcinally
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Kiki
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Mary-Anne White and Lucy Wills
Fixers
Hannah Baker