FIGHT

AN ARMY OF ME, HOLDING SWORD AND SHIELD, OH GLORY BE, TO THE ENEMY, THIS DAY ON BATTLEFIELD.

[fibromyalgiais-blog]

Fibromyalgia is...

Walking around outside without a jacket and still being way too hot when other people are wearing coats and scarved because your body doesn’t know what its doing apparently

[fibrofogdaze]

When the brain fog hits

[brightstarsystem]

I feel like I’ll never be normal. I feel like I’ll never be functional. I can’t get off the couch for days at a time, I can’t work. I feel like such a failure.

[so-over-ableism]

My dad tried to tell me that calling myself disabled is bad… like hate to break this to ya bud but being disabled isn’t a bad thing. Yes, I need a cane to walk and I’m in extreme pain almost everyday, and that sucks, but I’m not going to call myself “different”. I’m “different” because I have pink hair. My body isn’t “different” it’s disabled. Stop trying to make disabled a bad word.

[hippyelfchick]

scenes from a bad brainfog week

me: *holds toothbrush under hand soap pump*

me:

me: something's wrong here

me:

me:

me:

me: oh

* * * * * * * * *

me: I just need my....

me: um

me:

me:

me:

me:

me: .....kkkkeeeyyyys. yes.

me: *walks into another room*

me:

me: what was I looking for?

* * * * * * * * *

me: *misjudges somewhat narrow space*

me: *hip bounces off wall*

me: *body slams into another wall*

me: oh

me: *stubs toe on something*

[monsterbeautea]

Sympathy is only for the able.

People only care that you are sick as long as you are going to get better. Once they find out it is a forever thing, their sympathy suddenly has an expiration date.

[chronicillschronicpills]

I find it so weird that people can spend ALL DAY without going into their bed at some point. Like, i am always in my bed. I hang here. I eat here. I watch TV here. I nap here. But there are some people who just like… don’t hang in their beds??? Thats so alien to me haha

[1kru]

its okay to be mad at ablebodied people

its okay to feel hatred

its okay to feel anger

its okay to feel like theyre the lucky ones

its okay to feel like life isnt fair

[cripplepunk-suggestions]

Pro Tip:

If you ever get tired of random people grabbing your wheelchair and pushing you without your consent, try liberally applying something like vaseline, ink, engine grease, shock buttons, spikes, and/or copious amounts of chili oil to the back handles. Try and violate me now, you abled freaks! 

[spooky-spoonie]

my disability holds me back and that’s okay. i can’t walk long distances/long periods, i can’t shower standing up, i can’t work, i dropped out of school. i miss out on a lot of things. my disability hinders me and that’s okay because it doesn’t make me any less of a person.

[hurlanachronism]

im going to uhhh stir the pot here

i’m not really sure of tumblr’s general opinion of james charles, but this tweet is (one of the many reasons) why i fucking hate him. people only like to seem socially conscious and progressive when it’s convientent for them, but when the time comes to actually understand some people’s experiences and view points, they suddenly stop being an ally,,,,suspicious? if you try to make excuses on his behalf for this, you’re part of the problem. ableism is so normalized within our society, and it’s fucking bullshit.

[sunflower-cane]

Support disabled people as they become more public with their disabilities.

You dont understand how hard it is for us to be open, how dangerous it can make social interaction or how quickly it can ruin our careers and put our lives at risk.

Support disabled people who are finally being open about their illness. Support disabled people who no longer hide their symptoms. Who take their meds in public, who use their mobility aids, who are talking about their illness in public.

We need to be there, we need to support them, we need to accept them and fight for them.

[stimmyworkinprogress]

It shouldn’t be a surprise or a miracle when a doctor actually listens to you.

[noping-out-deactivated20241117]

Why do people get so weird around wheelchair users? I’m literally just a person sitting down.