Chronically Kears

[gretchensinister]

One of the most life-changing things I ever learned came from Mythbusters, where they tested and proved (with cognitive testing puzzles and reaction time tests) that lying down and resting with the intention to sleep STILL provided significant mental benefits over just staying awake, even if a person couldn’t fall asleep in the amount of time they had. 

It helps me to actually sleep to know that just lying down with my eyes closed is still doing me some good, and helps me to not freak out/beat myself up when I stay up later than intended. Any amount of rest is better than no rest!

So if you didn’t know that…now you do

[guerrillatech]

[dallydaydream]

[image ID: tweet from @ellenfromnowon that reads: “High functioning” is used to deny support. “Low functioning” is used to deny agency.]

[ultraviolet-techno-ecology]

Embossed braille should be standard on computer keyboards. 

It would raise braille literacy more than anything else I could imagine - among both the blind and the sighted. Currently braille is actually vanishing due to an increasing reliance on audiobooks and screen readers. 

I think that braille has a lot of potential use among non-blind groups. As an alternative to traditional writing for dyslexics. As a way to help photosensitive people type with their eyes closed. Or simply as a means to help sighted people find things without needing the lights on all the time!

[chocmartini-deactivated20210419]

why is it not more wellknown that women can have an actual literal disorder that not rarely makes them literally suicidal for up to 10 days every month before their period lmao like… teach this in class? it’s not a joke?

[lunasdarling]

Wait what??

here here here (there’s more sites saying the same thing)

it’s called PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder) and it’s basically PMS but make it Super Hardcore, it’s a hormonal disorder and to my knowledge they’re not exactly sure what causes it - there’s theories tho - but there seems to be little research on it anyway. As I said it’s similar to PMS in terms of symptoms [mood swings, lethargy, cramps, changed sleeping pattern, libido, appetite] but the symptoms get so severe that they are interfering with your daily life and impacting it negatively. Especially in terms of psychological symptoms, while it doesn’t go that far for everyone who has it and also not every month, a lot of the people who experience it are sent into a severe depressive episode beause of it and it’s really not rare at all for them to experience legitimate suicidal thoughts that go away the second they get their period (or up to two days in from what I’ve read).

I’ve read different claims on how many people it affects, some sources say 5%, others 8%, others say 2% so I don’t know about that, but menstruating people need to know this lmao. Not knowing that your suicidality is caused by a literal physical disorder that you have can be so dangerous, especially when you already struggle with such issues anyway or are trying to recover from mental illness and don’t realize that your “relapses” are symptoms of an actual disorder.

also I originally said women but of course this applies to menstruating trans men and nb folks too.

[lavender-lily]

I’ll reblog this every time I see it because YUP

[hollowedskin]

the amount of times me or friends are having a Seriously Bad Time and then a few days later be like “oh, i just got my period, everything makes sense now” and like, let out this huge sigh of releif because it means you’re not relapsing and it will go away soon…

[pro-birth]

PMDD is no joke!!! I’ve heard it described as PMS on steroids and that sounds about right.

Thankfully PMDD is treatable: other than birth control, you can go on a supplementation therapy for bio-identical progesterone during the last half of your cycle after you ovulate and before your next period begins. You can read more about it here: https://naturalwomanhood.org/pmdd-are-womens-periods-making-them-mentally-ill/

PMDD: are women's periods making them mentally ill? | Natural Womanhood

My day job is managing the marketing for a children’s psychiatric hospital; I take mental illness seriously. Depression, for example,...

[chiyana]

I have never been diagnosed with this and I don’t think I have it to the extent of suicidal ideation, but sometimes the days leading up to my period starting are when life feels it’s most bleakest and I feel like a hollow shell full of misery and despair. It makes it really difficult to determine if I’m having a depressive episode, a relapse, if my surroundings/life are more stress than I can cope with, or if the blood moon is rising.

[disabledprincesses]

Anyone else have so much to keep track of health wise that you forget about big things until suddenly its like ohhh riiight

[aspergersissues]

[frigbob]

I said recovering from illness to explain the 7 year depression gap in my CV and they were just like ok u healthy now? cool. and moved on. It's that easy

[fluffyblue-multifandommess]

OP I’m so glad it went that well for you!

But it’s not always that easy. Sometimes you’re not completely recovered, just recovered enough that you can start working / going to school (uni, vocational, trade, etc) again (full time, even!). So you say, “I’m feeling good, and I’m being treated by a great team so I won’t relapse”. You’re vague on purpose because it’s none of their business what exactly is going on. They still ask if it’s mental or physical health issue. You tell them because you don’t know if you’re obligated to answer and you worry that not wanting to answer is an answer of itself. They make a note and you don’t know if this will be a factor when they consider whether or not to take you. You think it probably will. You know you’ll never know if this was The Thing that got you the “no”. You know you’d never be able to prove to anyone that it was.

It isn’t easy. I wish it were.

[frigbob]

Bro I'm not recovered. Legally they cant ask about your illness and you dont have to tell them.

[messiestobjects]

op's initial point is meant exactly for the people who are having the issues the second person said. you do not say anything about "so that i don't relapse," ever, for any reason. you say simply "i was recovering from a health issue/illness/injury" and you leave it at that. you do not talk at all about what kind of illness, you do not say anything about where you are in the process, you do not get specific at all, you say that you spent that time recovering from an illness.

if they try to weasel answers out of you by asking whether you're able to perform the job duties, you drag it back round to interviewspeak - "absolutely, i am so excited to be here and apply for this opportunity. [literally job duty from the description] is one of my passions/talents/areas of expertise, and i think this would be a great place for me to learn even more."

if they really press, you just say, "i'm sorry, that's a bit personal, but i'm really glad i'm able to work now, and i'm excited to see how i can provide/sharpen/hone xyz talent at this company" or whatever." you stay as nonspecific as you can, and you do not fall for any friendly questions, EVEN IF THEY USE WOKE SPEAK and make you think they're Not Like Other Employers.

[ndviduality]

Actually autistic ppl: pls refer to us as “autistic people”

NTs: people with autism

Autistic person: no

NTs: people suffering with the condition of autism

Autistic person: still no

NTs:

[lifeofcynch]

‘LOCKED IN AUTISTIC BODY’ HKFHDGDGFD?????

[aeondeug]

NT’s necks are going to be locked between these autistic arms if they don’t stop doing this shit

[aspergersissues]

[zooeydeschanel]

“How many times in your life have you been excluded from something important or talked over or ignored because you’re the only woman in the room?”

[rocker-doctor]

One of my favorite stories:

My mom was working as a lawyer when she was pregnant with my twin siblings. Late in her third trimester she had a court date. She asked the judge if it could be postponed due to her pregnancy but he refused saying she was “making a ridiculous excuse.” So she squeezed into the biggest maternity suit she could find and went to the courthouse. When she stood up in front of the judge, 8 months pregnant with twins and clearly in no condition to be standing for an extended period, the blood drained from his face. He tried to backtrack saying she could sit down, but being my mom, she chose to stand and glare at him for the whole damn hearing. He found in her client’s favor.

[snipertrifle]

They renovated the office bathroom to be ‘eco friendly’ and replaced paper towels with a blower.  And got rid of all trash cans and other receptacles.  Yup, even the little bins inside the stall.  I and other women complained loudly, and were told that there wasn’t anything they could do about it.

So I took my used pads and threw them in the trash in the kitchenette area without being shy about it.  The men were grossed out.  Other women in the office were shocked, and were like ‘aren’t you ashamed to do that?  I just smuggled them home in my purse”

And I was like “I’m not ashamed.  The company should be ashamed to make me do this.”

We had bins in all the stalls the next day.

[appropriately-inappropriate]

Incidentally, a refusal to provide adequate sanitary bins contravenes workplace health and safety laws regarding the handling of biohazardous waste.

Which, of course, blood is. Feel free to point that out if it comes up.

[veganvenom]

This graffiti appeared overnight at 5 different job centres in Birmingham.

It’s referencing the increasingly harsh benefit sanctions in the UK which are punishing disabled people in particular.

Claimants who cannot work due to severe disabilities or chronic illnesses are being categorised as “fit for work” in order to meet targets and are not being given enough money to survive.

The majority of people who legally challenge their benefits sanctions or ‘fit for work’ decision have them overturned, but only after months without the money they need.

Estimates generally put the number of people who have died in the last few years directly due to benefit sanctions in the thousands. These include people who have died of starvation, exposure, because they couldn’t afford electricity to keep their insulin cold, or because they couldn’t afford treatment, among other things.

The DWP has even sent letters to people declaring them fit for work when in fact they have already died from their illness.

Fuck the DWP and job centres.

Good job, whoever painted these!

[ancom-cow-mommy-deactivated2024]

“The DWP has even sent letters to people declaring them fit for work when in fact they have already died from their illness.”

[frier-is-here]

Lemme add something on to this. Im disabled, and live in the uk. trust me when i say This system is designed to either kill you, or force you to work. Thats what the whole thing is designed to do. theres a massive anti benefit stigma in the uk, if youre on benefits, youre a scrounger. So the disability benefits sytem is utterly terrible and designed to essensially force you into work.

Heres how.

You have to constantly prove that you are infact disabled, by going to meetings and checkups by the benefits system. You have to attend these, or you will have your benefits stopped. 

Except its more sinister than that. Some of these meetings are in none disabled accessable buildings. You have to go up stairs, and its often on the 3rd or 4th floor of some buildings. and if you manage to make it to your meeting, its a trap, because you were able to make it and are declared fit for work.  This happened to me during a flare up. Stood on crutches, in a lot of pain, and the geezer smiled at me for making it to my meetingh, and declared me fit for work. I even had a doctors note saying i was not fit for work,

but they are legally allowed to ignore doctors notes, infact, they are ENCOURAGED to ignore doctors notes and asses you themselves.  The governemnt literally wasted £120 Million pounds FIGHTING benefits claims in just 2 years.  Even if you manage to get the payments, you still get JUST enough to be above the poverty line. You dont get anymore, you cant afford to go out or do anything orther than the bare nessecities to survive. You also do not ever get disabled accessable housing. My friends mum, who can never work again due to a spinal injury, was stuck in a tiny 1940s 2 up 2 down house (tiny rooms, steep as all hell staircase, drafty) and only after YEARS got a bungalow that she could live a better life in. The whole system keeps you in poverty, you cant build up any savings, or any form of safety net, and they can just decide to not pay you for 2 or 3 months at a time.so that you end up being forced into working to survive and live, often to the point where you knacker yourself to be able to afford food and such. they often dont pay back the lost sum in full either.  And if you manage to do that, youre “fit for work” and you lose your benefits.  And if you cant even do that, you live in poverty, not having any form of a happy life until you die.  Theres a reason so many people die every year. Its because its designed to. Youre either forced into work, or become a shutin and die. Its a disgrace

[tinderpodcast]

To all the girls who “Love adventures”

[optimalmongoose3]

A trip to 7-11 at 12:am is most definitely an adventure

[mia-beak]

If y’all don’t know how to treat mundane life experiences with awe and wonder at the world then maybe it’s *you* that’s probably boring that’s all I’m sayin

[crtter]

[the-spoonie-life]

And this is how to make boring days adventure days

[cerebralscrawl]

Honestly I think the scariest thing about having a mental illness is when you describe an aspect of it that you’ve accepted as part of your everyday life to someone else and they find it frightening and suddenly you realise that it is frightening, you’d just forgotten

[so-over-ableism]

spoonie culture is not even making it 3 full days into the school year before having to send out The Email of Shame where you have to inevitably explain your disability and say, yeah, this will probably happen again

[disabledprincesses]

"But i dont hate disabled people"

Making jokes about people who can't eat gluten or have very specific dietary needs is ableist.

Making fun of or video taping "weird" or "cringey" people is ableist.

Not wearing a mask is ableist.

Inappropriately using items or methods that are for disabled people such as handicap elevators or abusing the rules that allow fidget toys until they get taken away is ableist.

Complaining about subtitles on public screens is ableist.

Talking over someone because youre an abled person who can talk faster/clearer than the disabled person is ableist.

Telling someone they cant be both queer/pretty/smart/anything other than a cishet white man whos unattractive because thats what a disabled person looks like is ableist.

But ya'll just call it funny.

[raesrabbithole]

[nerdyqueerandjewish]

So there have been continued protests but not anything close to what one would consider a “riot” for awhile, yet multiple police stations have decided to build little walls around themselves and I don’t know if it is bait or incompetence or both but oh man it’s a piece of work.

People are reporting them for building code violations lol

Thats not even glue, it’s that (highly flammable) expanding insulation foam 😬

My favorite part is this bit hanging off the curb:

[queerdo-mcjewface]

Please use keep reporting them for code violations! Based on these photos, as a disabled person I wouldn’t be able to get around this area because they are blocking the sidewalk. I am wondering if there might be a way to report them under the ADA too.

[scyphers]

[ID: a photograph of a poorly constructed wall made of cinderblock, expanding foam, and a single piece of wood in front of a police precinct. It is at least few feet high and shaped like an L, restricting access to the building on one side, and extends past the sidewalk, into the street.]

[cipheramnesia]

Police building walls to protect them from the people they were supposed to be protecting and serving, but who they have been gassing and shooting for weeks, killing for years, it’s just like... it’s something.

[anditookthepathlesstraveled]

There are definitely ways to report this to the ADA, which office is this? I can't find any coverage on this online.

[dee-the-red-witch]

Well, first time I saw this was over on fb, and here's the attached text from then:

"Minneapolis police built a wall and OH BOY HOWDY IS IT OBVIOUS NONE OF THEM HAVE EVER HAD A REAL JOB

since this is being shared, call [phone] and let them know there is a non-permit structure that does not follow building code that is blocking pedestrian and motor traffic at 19 North fourth street "

Tbat should be enougb for you to localize for ADA as well, yes? (As I'm betting they've already been flooded on the permit end)

[gendernewtral]

https://www.ada.gov/criminaljustice/cj_complaint.html this is the American DOJ page for reporting instances of discrimination on the base of disability.