The crazy cat lady @purplethunder37 - Tumblr Blog

gecsplaining

She’s so soft, and handsome as hell

She’s so fat, but she does it so well

gleamsocial

A reminder to myself and others: It’s important to let yourself rest when you need it 💙

berniesrevolution

This is the inauguration we should all be celebrating.

crippledprincess

Here’s the thing

I always say I’m lazy because I always feel lazy. Spending time on something I enjoy or relaxing makes me feel bad about myself. I’ve always been all about productivity.

Since becoming sick those feelings magnified like no one’s business. I need so much rest now and I need more time for things that help me decompress.

That’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. I don’t actually allow myself rest most of the time. When I do rest I go back to that same mind set. Obviously I have to be lazy.

Here’s the thing, I have been over compensating for being sick. For everything I cannot do I’ve found something else to do. Hell, I even found creative more exhausting ways to do some things I couldn’t do.

I do. So. Much. I’m starting to see that now.

I fight indescribable pain, fatigue and various other symptoms 24/7. I need rest.

Sick and lazy are two different things.

chasing-asterion

i really needed this you have no idea

heavensghost

the only way to solve problems is to create more problems until u are dead

sickbitterandcoveredinglitter

Listen, as a disabled person sometimes you have to tell yourself “no, I can’t do that today”

You have to tell yourself “it costs me too much”

Or “it’s not working for me”

And whether that’s university. Or a relationship. Or a hobby you took up. As a disabled person you HAVE TO learn to give up

The world teaches us to never give up but that’s not how disability works, not how our bodies and our lifes work.

Giving up is not a bad thing. It’s a skill as any else, and it’s a useful skill to have in pain management. Giving up is essential to surviving as a disabled person in a hostile world made for abled people.

So don’t let any “the only disability is a bad attitude” type Facebook mom make you think you can’t give up on stuff. For each thing you decided to ditch you can now focus on something that’s more important and easier for you, and you’re allowed to be weak and enjoy your life AS A DISABLED PERSON.

We don’t have to strive to not appear disabled. To not appear like we can’t do stuff. We can’t, that’s what disability is. I can’t walk. That’s why I’m disabled. And it’s okay. It’ll be okay.

Giving up is not the end of the world but it may be a start of less painful, exhausting life for you

thesyzygysystem

“You’re too young to be disabled!”

This is a shock. A revelation. Before today I had never known my age.

My disability realizes it has chosen the wrong body. It slowly slips off of me and slinks away, in search of an older body to haunt. My wheelchair disintegrates into nothingness. I am free.

inkstainsonmyskin

Let👏🏼disabled👏🏼people👏🏼be👏🏼angry👏🏼about👏🏼the👏🏼injustice👏🏼they👏🏼experience👏🏼

cfs-anonymous

When I end up having a bad flare up due to overexerting myself...

My Body is like:

packbat

“If a person can’t get out of bed, something is making them exhausted. If a student isn’t writing papers, there’s some aspect of the assignment that they can’t do without help. If an employee misses deadlines constantly, something is making organization and deadline-meeting difficult. Even if a person is actively choosing to self-sabotage, there’s a reason for it — some fear they’re working through, some need not being met, a lack of self-esteem being expressed. People do not choose to fail or disappoint. No one wants to feel incapable, apathetic, or ineffective. If you look at a person’s action (or inaction) and see only laziness, you are missing key details. There is always an explanation. There are always barriers. Just because you can’t see them, or don’t view them as legitimate, doesn’t mean they’re not there. Look harder. Maybe you weren’t always able to look at human behavior this way. That’s okay. Now you are. Give it a try.”

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— “Laziness Does Not Exist” by E Price on Medium

(And a footnote I didn’t see explicitly covered in the article: laziness still doesn’t exist when it is you yourself making no progress and not knowing why. You deserve that respect and consideration, too, even from yourself.)

crpl-pnk

@every disabled or chronically ill person who needs to hear it today i believe you. you don’t have to prove your pain to me

astro-vee

autism is widely underdiagnosed in girls because autistic women tend to present as quiet and reserved, which is just how women are supposed to be.

personality disorders are underdiagnosed in men because they tend to present more explosively and involve more narcissistic behaviours, which is just how men are supposed to be.

sexism isn’t good for anyone. don’t be fooled.