chronically (ch)ill

growing through it

[racingbarakarts]

me: i literally couldnt care less about what people think about me

also me: 

[chronically-sickgirlproblems]

Able bodied person: I’m tired

What they really mean: I’m tired

Me with multiple chronic illnesses: I’m tired

What I really mean: I can’t even remember the last time when tired meant something other than 24/7 agonizing exhaustion, that this has become my new definition of tired.

[chronicallycreepinginactive]

I hate when people ask me “what did you do today?” like buddy listen I woke up at noon and then it was five pm okay I don’t kn o w

[chronically-sickgirlproblems]

M O O D

[chronically-sickgirlproblems]

PSA: Just because your illness is less severe than someone else’s doesn’t mean your battle isn’t difficult. You are not lesser because of that. Everyone’s story is important.

[chronically-sickgirlproblems]

What No One Tells You About Living With Chronic Illness

"It changes you in every way possible."

I wrote this essay for The Mighty about living with Chronic Illness. It would mean so much to me if you gave it a read.

Thank you!

[chronically-sickgirlproblems]

Even though most of us chronic illness sufferers feel weak a lot of the time, I think spoonies are some of the strongest people I’ve ever met.

We push through even when it feels like the world is falling down around us, and I think that shows true strength. 

[chronically-sickgirlproblems]

How should a sixteen-year-old react to the news that her world will be entirely new from this day forward. How should a student tell their classmates they aren’t leaving school because they don’t want to be there, but because they can’t even manage to be anywhere without being tired and in pain. How should a mother comfort their child who has had their friends turn their backs on them because they can’t understand that just because you cannot see I’m sick doesn’t mean that I am not. How does a medical professional look in the eyes of a desperate young patient and reduce what they are feeling as something they are making up for attention. “How can someone who looks so healthy be so sick inside?” They ask. If you could feel how I feel, you would never question it again.

[neckkiss]

via weheartit

[xcopy]

Midweek roll call - everyone still alive?

[tm37-archive]

[cyelatm]

[wordsbykristen]

You are a poem that not

everyone can understand

A language that not

All can learn.

I understand the frustration

Of wanting your words to

Be universal, but not everything

is a perfect translation.

You will one day be heard.

You are someone who will

Change the world,

Don’t give up just yet.

-kla

[eatyourfacecat-deactivated20250]

you know what? the years really do start coming and they really don’t stop coming

[moeszyslakofficial-deactivated2]

shout out to young kids with “old people” illnesses

[prettyboystyles]

I’m an adult, but not like a real adult

anyone between the ages of 18 and 30  (via karinasrainbow)

[chronically-sickgirlproblems]

Chronically ill problems #82

Getting a full 12+ hour night sleep and still waking up so exhausted that you wonder if your eyes ever actually fully shut during the night.

[yetanotherspoonieblog]

Spoonie Problems #4

When you discover that something you thought was normal is actually a symptom and most definitely doesn’t happen in non-chronically-ill people

[chronically-sickgirlproblems]

What is one piece of advice or words of wisdom you wish you would’ve received when you were first diagnosed?

I wish I had known I wasn’t alone and it was going to get better. Not necessarily better in terms of completely recovering, but that I would learn how to live my life the way I needed to with my illness. Also, that I would, despite all the set backs and hard times, still be happy in my life.

Send me an ask or reply to this with your answers! I can’t wait to read them!