Living with scoliosis can often cause terribly debilitating pain, and in most cases, scoliosis goes undiagnosed for years until the deformity becomes all too clear to hide. For myself, I was properly diagnosed at the age of nine and it was a really tough reality to face, especially since I felt like I was the only person going through this.

Luckily, a new generation of people are finally starting to talk opening about scoliosis, making it easier to find others who are also growing up with scoliosis. I recently took a look at the hashtag #GrowingUpWithScoliosis and found so many of the tweets incredibly relatable.

If you are growing up with scoliosis, you are probably facing some of these 15 all-too-real struggles.

1.

#GrowingUpWithScoliosis “BEND OVER SO I CAN SEE IF YOURE STILL CROOKED!!”

— caroline (@carolineob123) July 29, 2015

2.

#growingupwithscoliosis when people run up to you saying that they have scoliosis too but it’s a 4 degree curve pic.twitter.com/gSo09ObJLV

— Taylor White (@tay_white2) August 1, 2015

3.

#growingupwithscoliosis always being in pain literally always

— Boujee✨ (@AshlenReneee) August 3, 2015

4.

#growingupwithscoliosis when ur getting ur yearbook picture taken and the lady tells you to put your shoulder down and ur like ……

— brenna misses glenn (@kinneyackIes) August 4, 2015

5.

#growingupwithscoliosis your bra straps will never stay up

— brenna misses glenn (@kinneyackIes) August 4, 2015

6.

#GrowingUpWithscoliosis
The perks of having scoliosis: not participating at PE ☺️

— edd | ty manu (@blusways) August 7, 2015

7.

#growingupwithscoliosis having like a billion tank tops to go under your brace

— paige (@paigemcgarry_) August 8, 2015

8.

#GrowingUpWithScoliosis sleeping with a pillow between your legs laying sideways.

— . (@___neeelly) August 13, 2015

9.

#growingupwithscoliosis coming back to school after surgery and being 10 feet taller than everyone else

— Jen (@IshmaelJenna) July 4, 2016

10.

#GrowingUpWithScoliosis sitting all the way back in a chair and only one side of your body touching the chair bc uneven rib cage

— Scoliosis Family (@ScoliosisProbs2) July 5, 2016

11.

#GrowingUpWithScoliosis wearing comfy clothes to check-ups bc u already know ur Doc is going to make u put on that paper gown & get x-rays

— Scoliosis Family (@ScoliosisProbs2) July 5, 2016

12.

#growingupwithscoliosis not being able to go on half of the rides at a water park

— Jillian Aquino (@jillianaquino12) July 6, 2016

13.

#growingupwithscoliosis having to adjust my backpack straps so one is tighter than the other because my shoulders are uneven.

— james’s gf (@renee_paigee) July 4, 2016

14.

#growingupwithscoliosis relearning how to do EVERYTHING after surgery. I mean EVERYTHING

— jess (@jessicaaraangel) July 20, 2015

15.

#growingupwithscoliosis made me a strong person

— Jenna Barbarisi (@JennaBarbarisi) July 19, 2016

Did I miss anything? Let me know by commenting below.