being chronically ill is weird. if you have a ‘flare’, you think its normal. but if it gets worse or slightly different symptoms appear, you just think its a really bad flare. But theres also a little voice in the back of your mind say “is there something different wrong? do i need to go to the hospital for this? is something really bad happening inside me right now? or is this just a really bad flare?” It can be so confusing and really scary.