internally tired

thoughts from the life of a teenager with chronic fatigue 

[screenshotsofdespair]

[spoonielols]

That Flare Feel ^^

[helperhoopoe]

remember to cry for help without guilt-tripping. i know it feels like you’ve been abandoned and betrayed, but it’s probably not true, and it’s not okay to accuse the people around you of something they might not have done.

“i guess none of you like me” could be better phrased as “i feel unloved right now”

“but nobody cares anyway” could be better phrased as “i feel insignificant and i need reassurance”

rather than assuming others’ feelings, give them time to explain them. you’ll usually get a much better answer.

[disabilityhealth]

My three states

Mentally okay but physically dead

Physically okay but mentally dead

Super double dead

[chessys]

u got through everything u didnt think u were strong enough for

[chronic-issues]

[lisophisen]

I’m so tired of missing out on life.

[internallytired-blog]

Just because i’m better at managing my chronic illness/disability does not mean that i’m better

[fight-until-the-wars-done]

I love how people act as if my illness is an inconvenience to them. Like, imagine how I feel buddy.

[moaza]

[whatshouldwecallchronicillness]

“Most people live in fear of some terrible event changing their lives, the death of a loved one or a serious illness. For the chronically ill, this terrible event has already happened, and we have been let in on an amazing secret: You survive. You adapt, and your life changes, but in the end you go on, with whatever compromises you have been forced to make, whatever losses you have been forced to endure. You learn to balance your fears with the simple truth that you must go on living.”

— Jamie Weisman, As I Live and Breathe: Notes of a Patient-Doctor

[sunflower-cane]

No. It might not get better

But it will become manageable

It will become easier

There will be good days

There will be okay days

There will be days where youre happy you didnt give up

There will be people who help you

There will be people who understand you

It is worth it.

You have so much to live for. Please dont give up

[fishermenandhunters]

I swear my life is just a list of things to bring up at the doctors.

[internallytired-blog]

if it makes you unable to get out of bed: you’re not faking it

if it makes you unable to think straight: you’re not faking it

if it makes you unable to brush your hair in the morning: you’re not faking it

even if you’re still able to work and smile during the day but unable to sleep or move later that day because of it: you’re not faking it

if it effects you in any way: you are not faking it

THIS IS REAL, don’t second guess yourself because others do

[internallytired-blog]

it’s okay to not have a reason for someone, you don’t have to validate every symptom or emotion. It’s there, it’s real and only you can know how that feels

[chronicallyinvisible]

man, i’d really like to ban healthy people from using the word ‘fatigued’ because being tired is just not the same damn thing. fatigue is the inability to recover from exhaustion - it’s the perpetual management of lethargy. you can’t have a coffee and pick up from fatigue, you can’t go to sleep and recover from it. it’s this constant thing that you have to push through and carry with you

[internallytired-blog]

Just because you’re chronically ill/disabled it doesn’t mean that you don’t deserve love

whether you can’t physically get out of bed or if you have countless meds you take everyday, you will always have something to offer because that thing is you and no disability or chronic illness can change who you are as a person

[quick-nip]

(via Saturday Morning Cartoons: Baopu #15) by Yao Xiao

words to remember