Annoyed at calling it a fight?

[u/Rachel21321]

Anyone else thankful but also get annoyed when people call you a fighter or this cancer a fight or that you are so brave? I don’t think I am any of those things. I am doing what I need to do to get better. It doesn’t feel like anything I’m really doing is “fighting” or “brave” or even changing the situation aside from making decisions. It feels like these steps I take either work or they don’t but not through much conscious fault of my own. To me it just feels like this shitty thing to hopefully get through.

[u/bjauny]

Yeah, even my mom tells me I'm brave. It's not like I have a choice. Well, yeah, I do have a choice: I could give up entirely, but I'm not considering myself brave for just standing up and being willing to live.

Everyone tries to manage this their way I guess, and I respect that. But I find it annoying sometime.