Hey, I know chronic pain is absolute hell for physically disabled and chronically ill people, but can we also talk about the chronic discomfort symptoms?
Like, it doesn’t hurt per se, but it sucks ass.
Like involuntary movements, making it hard to move or function
Nausea, the absolute BITCH
confusion, brain fog, forgetfulness
Getting lightheaded or dizzy or problems with the vestibular senses
RESTLESSNESS
Numbness and tingling
Fucking fatigue. Like the kind that makes you feel like a rubber noodle that weighs 800 tons and you can hardly left an arm.
Weakness in general, like that’s annoying as hell. Why can I not open this bottle.
I haven’t experienced this, but I imagine full or partial paralysis is pretty sucky.
Trembling. Like, sometimes not even because something hurts. Your just shaking, vibrating, man. What.
So yeah. Complain about discomfort from your disabilities and illnesses, you deserve it.
(TW FOR ABLEISM, AND BRIEF MENTIONS OF AGGRESSION, ISOLATION, AND SUI IDEATION)
"Not all autistics have no empathy/sympathy/remorse!! Stop saying we do, it's harmful!"
Yes, of course not all autistics are that way because not every autistic is anything (besides autistic, of course.). So what about the autistics and otherwise neurodivergents that ARE that way? I'm aggressive when I'm upset. I don't feel empathy. I only feel sympathy for very specific people and very specific situations. And whilst I can't speak for those without remorse, I can say I'm the opposite. I feel such intense remorse that I'll isolate myself and decide everyone would be better off without me because I did something as simple as yelling at someone via text message.
Neurodivergent people who experience symptoms that aren't "pretty" are still deserving of love. Neurodivergent people who don't feel empathy/sympathy/remorse are still deserving of love.
Hi! do you have prompts/suggestions for fun illness symptoms besides like fever and cough and such? I feel like my sickfics are getting really repetitive and I wanna spice them up but I'm not sure how
Sure! Here’s a few:
- Difficulty sleeping / sleeping too much / excessive tiredness