Hi RSDME

I hope you have found some of the above ideas useful. I understand your feelings of frustration at other people's thoughtless criticism. I recently had to really 'hold my tongue' and not bite back at someone berating for me for not getting on and finishing the maintenance needed around my house.

The best way I have found to cope with it is to reassure yourself that you know you are doing the best you can to manage your condition and you are achieving what you can, when you can, and in the long run other people's uninformed opinions don't count.

Putting up with other people's useless input is a tough ask when you're chronically ill and if you can find the resilience to let their comments slide past then you've earned yourself a reward and then find some small way to treat yourself accordingly and enjoy it. A little bit of self pampering goes a long way.

Take care - rant when you need to - and hopefully better times ahead.