(Sorry if this sounds like a rant!)
I see all my friends having beer, alcohol, and burgers all the time and living the life and then they wake up the next day fine just a little hungover but on the other hand, I have perfectly normal healthy food and still end up sick with headaches, heartburn and poor concentration.
I feel terrible because everyone always says "your young years are the best and most energetic years" but in my case, I suffer from severe GERD which is why I never feel energetic and have constant headaches all the time. People make fun of me for staying alive on oranges for lunch because my university only offers sandwiches during lunch which makes my heart burn.
I wake up and have breakfast. A few hours in I start having a headache. Somehow attend lectures. Have oranges/grapes for lunch and then attend lectures again. Come back and have dinner early bec I need to give myself 4-5 hours before I sleep but for those 4-5 hours I still get a headache.
I feel terrible because everyone always says "Your young years are the best and most energetic years" but in my case, I suffer from severe GERD which is why I never feel energetic and have constant headaches all the time. People make fun of me for staying alive on oranges for lunch because my university only offers sandwiches during lunch which makes my heart burn.
I also feel terrible because I worry about how will I learn new things and get a job with these conditions after college? I haven't been able to concentrate and do work and learn things since the past 2 years eversince I developed GERD. My parents have worked a lot for me and have taken student loans so that I can afford a good college education. The GERD/acid-reflux headaches kick in and I start going down the negative spiral. My life has come to the bottom that when people are happy about a million things each day, I find happiness is I am free from GERD symptoms for 30 minutes.
I don't find joy in anything anymore - video games, studies, hanging out with friends. I was the most joyous person everyone knew. I used to find happiness in everything. I used to love playing video games, learn new things, read new books, spend time around people but ever since I developed this condition 2 years ago, my life's become truly dark. All I pray to god these days is asking for a cure for this problem because it has made my life miserable.
As it appears to me at the moment - unfortunate life.