Patients suffering from autoimmune diseases are overlooked due to their lack of presence at all times.  During my freshman year of high school I started regularly seeing a therapist for my depression.  I had recently been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that was hard on me in itself, so adding depression to the pain I was already feeling was very hard.  I would stay up at night with pains in my stomach as well as unsettling thoughts about anything and...

    Patients suffering from autoimmune diseases are overlooked due to their lack of presence at all times.  During my freshman year of high school I started regularly seeing a therapist for my depression.  I had recently been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that was hard on me in itself, so adding depression to the pain I was already feeling was very hard.  I would stay up at night with pains in my stomach as well as unsettling thoughts about anything and...