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When you have a chronic ailment, you hear all the time “I could never.”

Oh, you cut out dairy/gluten/ect? I could never. Oh, you do self injections? I could never.

I could never deal with that much pain. I couldn’t live with all those doctor appointments. I could never stay in bed all day, I’d just get so bored! I couldn’t do it, I couldn’t live like that, can’t couldn’t wouldn’t…

Please stop implying to people with something chronic that you’d rather die than go through what they’re going through, and take a minute to understand that their treatment isn’t a hobby. It’s survival.

Yes, people with chronic ailments ARE incredibly strong. They ARE doing things you think you couldn’t ever do.

But they’re the same things that they likely thought they couldn’t ever do until they had no other option.

Yes. Often, someone with a chronic issue sees a notable decline in their quality of life.

That doesn’t make it less worth living.

You could do it if you had to.

“I could never” is not the empathetic response you think it is.

frank-gallaghers-beer

me when the chronic pain is chronic and painful:

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1yellowpepper

Ok def was not expecting this level of relatability

tchaikovskaya

*submits this to the library of congress as a culturally, historically or aesthetically significant film*

reagan-slayer69

I cannot believe how much this cheered me up

Today is nation disability day!! I’ve been battling with chronic disabilities my whole life and it can be a struggle at times but I always seem to find a way through it with the help of my amazing support system💕 It can be incredible difficult to deal with having many invisible illnesses because most people assume I’m “normal”. Recently, most of the time when I use my handicap pass or any type of assistance for my disability in public I get harassed by usually older people saying they deserve it more than me or that I’m abusing it. Ablism is real and definitely happens more than people think. A lot of the time people say “why are u parking here” or “why do u get special privileges? you look fine to me” but in reality I have many things going on that you can’t always see: -arthritis -asthma -diabetes (unknown cause/type) -fibromyalgia (chronic pain) -restless leg syndrome -Hidradenitis suppurativa -anxiety/depression -chronic allergies -food allergies And many more symptoms I’m still getting treatment/tested for like chronic pelvic pain. It does suck having to deal with some much at a young age and not being able to do what most normal teen/young adults do but it makes me who I am and I’m stronger for it. PSA: the best way to support a disabled person is to make sure they know your there for them. Especially with chronic conditions because there isn’t usually a simple solution for them so the best way to help someone is by comforting them and letting them know your here for them if they need to vent. Shoutout to all my spoonies sending love and spoons your way today💕🥄 #spoonie #chronicillness #arthritis #fibromyalgia #diabetes #hs #disabilityawareness #worlddisabilityday https://www.instagram.com/p/CIVO_1aAMs1/?igshid=cwiz7zftegbe

#spoonie #chronicillness #arthritis #fibromyalgia #diabetes #hs #disabilityawareness #worlddisabilityday

sp00kyhan

Shout out to everyone suffering from chronic illness during the holiday season. It’s hard to be in the holiday spirit when you are in pain but hats off to you for making it work!

thatsmoderatelyraven

whenever im having a bad day i remember that i never have to take a math class again and i feel a lot better

#cant relate #:(

neighborhoodlum

idk if this has been said on this site but rasta colors have a strong association with stoner culture & are seen as a staple of (white) stoner aesthetic which is ridiculous considering the history of those colors as they appear on the ethiopian flag so white ppl especially, listen up

the rastafari colors we see on every pot leaf and knit sweater in your favorite smoke shop are the colors of the ethiopian flag. each color means something significant, which can vary depending on the person but they’re commonly known to represent (red = the life force of blood or the blood of martyrs, green = herbs & vegetation, yellow = royalty and/or wealth of africa, and black = africanness or blackness) ethiopia was believed to be the birthplace of a biblical prophet sent to africa to lead all black people to salvation from slavery and white corruption.

bob marley spread the ideas of rastafarianism through his music which is how white people latched onto the “aesthetic,” instead associating the colors with jamaica and smoking marijuana (bc marley was jamaican & smoked marijuana, simple minded as always). these symbols became stoner culture; marjiuana, red green and yellow, dreads, jamaica/jamaican music, etc. but rastafarianism is so much more than smoking weed and vibing like white ppl like to claim it’s all about. it’s literally about black consciousness, black liberation, black love, blackness. white people can appreciate the rastafari lifestyle, but they cannot exist within it.

these are not just “stoner colors,” these are colors present on the flag of an actual country that hold meaning and importance to its people as well as black people across the world, and they have for decades. dreads and weed both have religious and spiritual significance to rastas that white ppl will never have. white ppl practicing these things erases its rich history and bastardizes it for their own monetary gain and/or aesthetic. educate yourself before you claim shit ffs

#weed