#<- tagging for community bc we deserve to be acknowledged for the woes we're made to go through by

[frankiensteinsmonster]

So we looked into it and that person who harassed me was very obviously fishing for specifically physically disabled people to attack. My tags for that post about Mourning Your Own Loss/Lack Of Physical Health and Ability was tagged "Cripple Punk, Cpunk, and Chronic Pain". And they came in calling me a disability exclusionist and putting words in my mouth because I made a post about an experience specifically physical disability struggle with. It was so fucked up to be targeted and harassed like that for making a post that was so specifically made for phys. disabled folks.

It really fucking sucks to be treated so brutally by folks who literally Demand to be included in this space.

And able bodied people with mental health issues wonder why we can't just share the same spaces, when not only do we just literally have our own unique experiences that cannot be understood fully unless you Go Through Them (for both sides! Obviously!),

but also, they've literally treated me differently as I became vocal about physical disability + visibly disabled. Like I am living exactly the experience I watched other physically disabled people talk about here in real time. I am watching it happen and it is so dehumanizing.

And on top of all of that, some of my top posts are Mental Health Positivity Posts AND once again, as someone who's only been phys. disabled for less than a year, but had experienced mental health issues + neurodiversity for essentially all my life

It really sucks to be reduced to my physical disability and assumed to not be a part of the mental health community as well.

I guess, all in all, I AM an active member of these communities and I do my part for both and understand we both have separate support needs.

:( it just bites to have people treat me this way and then preach about mental health, while damaging mine and then calling me a disability exclusionist with all the work I do to help both communities individually. Especially when most of what I post personally is legitimately positivity posts and helpful questions that are appreciated by the people they are about because

Go figure, I make people feel represented bc I Care About Them and Acknowledge Them even when their experiences aren't my own!

Anyways, I'm gonna go sulk until I feel better because I deserved better treatment than I received and I deserve to feel better ASAP bc I've got a busy day tomorrow. Wheeling myself to the pharmacy. For my antidepressants, nightmare, anxiety, and pain medication. (Irony always lifts up my mood in these situations) <3 good night everybody!!!

#ps i think that person should send me 20 bucks :/ for the Distress #cpunk #cripple punk #chronic pain #chronic illness #cane user #mobility aid #mobility aid user #ambulatory wheelchair user #wheelchair user #<- tagging for community bc we deserve to be acknowledged for the woes we're made to go through by #(assumedly) able bodied people 😶