chronicpain-itsastruggle

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perfect representation of what it’s like to be bed bound because of chronic illness /disability.

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fuck medical gaslighting all my homies hate medical gaslighting

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Guess who just found out I'm not disabled enough to qualify for a lightweight wheelchair through insurance 😃😃😃

I've cried so much today over other stuff and now I get that news 🙃🫠🤪

#wheelchair #wheelchair user #chronic pain #chronic illness #chronically ill #disabled #chronic fatigue #actually disabled #spoonie #cripple punk #invisible illness

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unpopular opinion but mobility aids shouldn't cost so much !!

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Something I want able bodied people to understand is that I don't wanna be sick so bad; I want a diagnosis because there is already something wrong with my body but I don't know what the fuck it is.

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you aren’t a bad person for having “bad” teeth. you’re not less worthy of love or respect because your teeth are cracked/broken/crooked/discolored. ppl with “bad” teeth deserve better

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I think it's hilariously morbid when doctors recommend exercise to me because I'll sit there and ask them how do I do exercise when I'm too busy trying to live independently (keep house) and disabled

Like I'm not wasting my spoons on empty energy sucking waste that doesn't do anything. I need my energy for things like chores, eating, showering, socializing (the little I fucking manage).

And on my bad days a lot of that goes and hits the wayside anyway. Like? I'm not wasting spoons on exercise when I have more important things I need those spoons for, okay.

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yes, there are that many really disabled people on the internet actually

When I was less sick I used to think, "It seems like such a large portion of people on the internet are disabled, it can't possibly be that large of a percentage of the population" and then let my ableism demons tell me it was because they were faking (the same ones that told me I was faking, until I made myself really ill.)

But now that I'm sicker and wiser I realize I was logically just wrong because

The internet is disabled people's lifeline. There are more disabled people on the internet because OF COURSE. People who aren't disabled can be less chronically online because they don't have to be. This is textbook selection bias!

But actually also I was almost right, because there are way more disabled people in society than you would think! They're just systematically hidden and excluded from public spaces for abled peoples' convenience! 🙃

Anyway maybe this will help you understand and/or explain to abled friends and family.

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one thing I can actually thank my chronic pain for is that it really helped with my social anxiety, like I just HAD to go to so many appointments and see so many different people that I started getting good at it, and it gave me the confidence to be social in other aspects of my life too, and while I'm still dealing with it, it got A LOT better, it did what years and years of therapy and specialist after specialist couldn't, let's go exposure therapy I guess!!

#SAME LMAO

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love sitting in front of Costco for 30 minutes waiting for a motor cart bc im disabled and cant shop at all without one. Love how much they care abt their disabled customers with their SIX CARTS FOR THE ENTIRE WAREHOUSE /negative

#screaming at the absolute lack of accessibility i have daily #chronic pain #chronic illness #chronically ill #disabled #wheelchair #chronic fatigue #spoonie #actually disabled #cripple punk #invisible illness #wheelchair user #costco #disabled life #physically disabled #physical disability #disabilties #chronic disability #disability #i hate being disabled #invisible disability

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Shout out to everyone who is young and disabled. The judgment that comes with it is so hard especially if you’ve been invalidated for so many years. The fear of using a mobility aid in public and getting stares or nasty comments is something I will never get used to.

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Jk dr decided i need to keep the stitches in longer 🥲

Good news is I am Cancer free in that spot officially now

Im getting my stitches out tomorrow and im sick with anxiety. My arm is still in so much agony especially when being touched ;-;

#cancer #surgery #melanoma #fuck melanoma #fuck cancer #stitches

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Im getting my stitches out tomorrow and im sick with anxiety. My arm is still in so much agony especially when being touched ;-;

#cancer #fuck melanoma #melanoma #fuck cancer #anxious #stitches #pain

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I love the disabled community on tumblr

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Been a rough year so far

#daylio #fuck cancer #cancer #surgery #cancer surgery #chronic pain #chronic illness #chronically ill #disabled #wheelchair #chronic fatigue #spoonie #actually disabled #cripple punk #invisible illness #im exhausted #im bored

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happy trans day of visibility to disabled, ND and chronically ill trans people! you’re all amazing and cherished 💗💙