What is an illness/disease that could keep someone from physical activity for 3 years?

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I need to know for a short story I’m writing for school…the character wants to be a dancer but has not been able to dance for 3 years because of some illness, but I want it to be realistic. Not a deadly illness just one that you wouldn’t be able to dance, and an internal illness not an injury.
THANKS!

This may change your story line too much, but if the dancer is depressed over something in her life, that could have kept her from being a dancer. Often times those suffering from depression are practically incapable of physical activity and lose their ambition. It’s a constant cycle – she is unable to dance because of her depression and her inability to dance is pushing her further into depression.

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6 Comments on What is an illness/disease that could keep someone from physical activity for 3 years?

  1. Kevin C on Sun, 30th Nov 2008 9:41 pm

    2. loss of limbs, cancer, heart attack, arthritis, there are many
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  2. roband2000 on Sun, 30th Nov 2008 9:58 pm

    3. Meniere’s Disease, Lumbar Disc Disease, Head Injury, the list goes on and on!
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  3. ? on Sun, 30th Nov 2008 10:24 pm

    4. arthritis
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  4. Naru on Sun, 30th Nov 2008 11:10 pm

    5. ALS or MS. ALS (amytrophic lateral sclerosis) causes your nervous system to stop working, and you could become permanantly paralyzed. MS (multiple sclerosis) isnt AS severe, and its a gradual disease. it slowly makes it hard for you neurological system to function, making it harder for you to walk, and sometimes even theire eye site gets really bad. i have a friend who has MS, and im pretty sure itd be extremely hard for a person with severe MS to be a dancer. and both of these can happen to a young person, if your character is young. theyre both auto immune diseases btw.
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    my friend has MS as well as my cousin.

  5. Snobby Q on Sun, 30th Nov 2008 11:23 pm

    6. This may change your story line too much, but if the dancer is depressed over something in her life, that could have kept her from being a dancer. Often times those suffering from depression are practically incapable of physical activity and lose their ambition. It’s a constant cycle – she is unable to dance because of her depression and her inability to dance is pushing her further into depression.
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  6. Sar on Sun, 30th Nov 2008 11:35 pm

    7. Depression can make someone unmotivated to do anything. And it can add some nice details to your story, what made her depressed, what/who helps her overcome her depression and go back to dancing.
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