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'I won’t let my chronic illness trap me in loneliness'

Jameisha was diagnosed with lupus - a condition which causes joint pain and extreme fatigue - almost five years ago. As a teenager, Jameisha says she ended up losing some friends because she just couldn’t do the things they were doing. When she’s having a flare-up, she may have to spend 16 hours-a-day in bed, which Jameisha says can be isolating. The 23-year-old now has a blog which tells people about chronic illnesses and tries to help them to feel less lonely. β€œAnyone that thinks loneliness is just for old people would be very wrong, there’s no age on loneliness,” she says.

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