This One Rule My Doctor Gave Me For Chronic Pain Would Make Us All Less Isolated

miniseries/E+/Getty ImagesAt 31, after a lifetime of trying to figure out what was wrong, I was finally diagnosed with hypermobility spectrum disorder. It’s a form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that basically means my joints lack the support they need to function properly. It has led to decades of chronic pain, and because there is no cure, I know I have the rest of my life to live with it in the same (hopefully not worse, but who knows) way. I also got diagnosed with fibromyalgia — essentially, when you have pain in your body continuously, as I have, your brain start