SCD and redefining strength

The article challenges the idea that strength is solely about enduring pain and pushing through obstacles, suggesting that true strength often lies in acknowledging limitations, practicing vulnerability, and asking for help. It highlights that society often equates strength with silence and self-sufficiency, leading individuals with chronic conditions to hide their struggles. Dehinde argues that accepting the body's demands for rest, letting go of comparisons, and embracing interdependence are acts of courage and wisdom.

The piece concludes that strength is not the absence of struggle but the willingness to live meaningfully despite it, finding purpose, hope, and gratitude, and celebrating small victories. This redefined strength can be quiet, gentle, patient, and ultimately, more honest and compassionate.