[Maru]

My mother and my uncle who both have the disease are highly reclusive and are hermits. Many people with debilitating illnesses are often similar for many reasons (like avoiding the judgement of the small-minded individuals out there).

My uncle is in his 40's and won't come out of the room until he's been in the presence (same household) of the person enough to trust them. Even my husband who I had been with forever, he is just now getting comfortable with coming out of his shell. My uncle is just about blind now and his motor skills have deteriorated to the point he can barely hold a fork/spoon, but he won't go to the doctor because of how it makes him feel to be stared at... nothing wrong with him mentally, but he has poor vocal cords, so he can't really speak and be understood so no real way for him to voice his opposition or let the average stranger know the staring and treatment is bothering him... he is very shy and while he has own personality and opinions (when you find ways to understand him), he is not a fighter in the sense that he needs to take on the world... he is very kind.

I guess it's not entirely the govt's fault if a large portion of society would rather live in a bubble than acknowledge that some of their voting decisions/political positions due extensive harm to segments of the populace because they'd rather stay inside their comfortable (and generally fictional) reality...