Chronic Lyme can generally be explained as a misdiagnosis of fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome.[1] However, among people who self-identify as having chronic Lyme, the idea of chronic Lyme functions as a type of social identity. In this sense, the goal of the label is not to identify particular objective facts that differentiate one medical condition from another; instead, the main goal is to validate the real suffering experienced by people living with an invisible illness and to provide social support for them as they cope with it.[28]