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[spidersinsalem]

Bucky has CPTSD not just PTSD. Yes there is a difference.

CPTSD (complex PTSD) is caused from long term, chronic trauma while PTSD is usually caused from a single event. Along with core PTSD symptoms, people who have CPTSD tend to have difficulty with emotional regulation, a negative self-view, and also have trouble maintaining relationships. CPTSD can also cause memory issues. Currently in the US though, CPTSD is not recognized and is instead labeled as just PTSD.

Bucky is shown to have issues with maintaining relationships with others, like during TFATWS when he wasn't responding to Sam's texts. Bucky also has a negative self-view, something that does get addressed in the series but still clearly affects him. I don't find it hard to believe Bucky would also struggle with emotional regulation.

I know this isn't that big of a deal, but I just think it's fun to talk about bucky's disabilities especially since there is a lack of it. Of course just saying bucky has PTSD isn't wrong, and you don't have to say cptsd (especially since it's not recognized in the US) but I thought this would be a fun post to make as somebody who has CPTSD but has to use a PTSD diagnosis :')

[azriel-black]

“Oh POTS isn’t that bad is it?”

Here’s a list of things that I have to deal with due to my POTS:

-I can’t drink regular water or I will get dehydrated because without sodium, it doesn’t stay in my body long enough to do anything.

-I can’t stand up without getting tunnel vision and my fingers and face going tingly

-I can’t stand up without hearing my heart rate skyrocket from the pounding in my ears

-I am very nauseous and dizzy constantly

-sometimes at night my POTS symptoms flare for no reason so I wake up with an extremely high heart rate, sweating, and dizzy

-also at night, if I’m having a flare, I cannot change positions in bed without feeling my heart pounding in my chest, even if the change is just rolling over in bed.

-standing at work or in lines for long periods of time feels like hell, it feels like my limbs get too heavy to hold, and I get lightheaded and dizzy after a while.

These are things I deal with that are POTS related specifically and not even a majority of my symptoms or the most debilitating of them either, I don’t have a severe case of POTS by any means either, things could be much much worse, so yes POTS is “that bad”

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[superspoonie24]

Ya know. I think we should really stop comparing the severity of illnesses and disabilities with each other. I have POTS. I have luckily never passed out. That has been because I got really good at sitting back down or forcing myself through it. Just because I've never passed out doesn't mean that it isn't real. I get a head rush everytime I sit or stand. Humongous pressure squeezing my skull and pressing into my brain. I can't stand for more than a minute or 2 without getting lightheaded. I'm terrified that the next time I get up will be the time I pass out or collapse.

Most of the people within the disabled community are understanding and don't compare. We all have it rough and we whether it together. This is for the people that do compare us. That say "it's not that bad". Or "you're just complaining to complain". And my favorite, "just get over it". These comments are what make me doubt myself. Make me wonder if I'm actually disabled. I can't stand or walk but yet I'm wondering if I'm faking it.

So to this I say:

STOP COMPARING DISABILITIES.

It doesn't help anyone. It makes things worse. Just shut up and accept that the person with the disability knows more than you. They don't have to tell you a damn thing about their life. They don't have to 'prove' shit. Disabled people owe you nothing. Get your head out of your ass, shut up, and maybe listen to the person you claim to care about.

[spidersinsalem]

People continuously forget or even try to ignore bucky's disabilities and it's so infuriating to me.

Not only is he an amputee and probably has some other form of physical disability (like chronic pain) he also has been shown to suffer from mental health disorders like PTSD. I'd also go as far to say that he could have dissociative issues, considering the amnesia barriers he had and the "staring thing" (also having memory issues is also considered a disability in some circumstances).

Bucky Barnes IS disabled. He is disability representation even if marvel forgets it themselves sometimes. A lot of fans forget that as well I feel. You still get people asking how Bucky is disabled which is WILD considering he doesn't have an arm!

If you look for posts about bucky being disabled, you'll get a lot of joke posts or people kinda skimming over it or even undermining it and it makes me really sad. Don't get me wrong, some of the jokes are pretty funny, but other times it's just annoying when you want to have meaningful discussions about it.

[azriel-black]

Why are people on the internet so upset about having different needs than other people?? Like yeah a wheelchair users accommodations are going to need to be different than someone with LSN autism for example. That doesn’t mean that the wheelchair user is “more disabled” or “deserving of the support more” it just mean that the accommodations they receive are not the same as yours, because while a ramp into the building might help the wheelchair user, what the LSN autistic person might need is lower lighting for example (or sunglasses if that can’t be done). They are BOTH being accommodated just DIFFERENTLY.

Idk if I explained myself well in this post I just woke up and have a terrible cold