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“Sketchbook Comic: Book 3” is my personal sketchbook, where I juxtapose my art with writing about my experiences as a non-binary, chronically ill person.

re-releasing it right now as I add alt text in advance of releasing a print run!

read the whole book here!

patreon link in bio - no pressure, but any little bit helps!

#sketchbook comic 3 #chronic illness #faking illness #fake illnesses covering for real illnesses #shame #nature drawings #fish #comics #art

A scenario idea I will forever love and cherish: A is sick with a cold and a fever, but won't admit it. B pleads with them to lie down and rest, but A refuses. They still got so much work to do! And besides, they are not sick, anyway!

So in order to get A to rest, B pretends to be sick and asks A in their most pitiful voice if they come and lie down with them.

A, ever the protective SO, immediately drops everything to be with B, snuggling and cuddling with them in bed until both fall asleep.

#Snzario #Colds #Fevers #faking illness #I so want to use this in a fic at some point because it's one of the ideas that has been living in my brain rent-free forever

Getting out of school tips (high school)

Remember, if it works, stay lazy that day. Don't do much. Do school work if you have it. Never be suspicious or active.

Hot wet rag on your face, dry off, then take temp via by gave hand or by thermometer (that scans, not by mouth). Never go too hot. Stay around 99° to 101°. 102°+ means hospital. (If you have makeup, make yourself seem a bit pale with rosy cheeks)

Gagging yourself to throw up. But please drink something hydrating afterwards. Water, milk, juice. Throwing up causes dehydration.

Eat something that you know makes you sick. But still follow the last suggestion of staying hydrated.

If you have understanding (a) parent(s), say you don't feel good, you feel weak, or you need a break.

If your suffer with chronic pain and have extreme flair ups, say you're dealing with that.

⬆︎ Same with if you have severe menstrual issues (PCOS, endometriosis, adenomyosis, etc)

This is coming from a HS drop out. I've had to fake being sick to escape daily bullying and harassment. Just to get a break. I do suffer with things like PCOS and chronic pain & illnesses. Be careful. Be safe.

Everyone keeps talking about the people who fake schizophrenia to get attention, and part of me feels like I some how subconsciously tricked myself into thinking I'm something I'm not so I could be something bigger than myself, but that doubt in of itself sounds sneaky so I guess I'm just living a hypocritical innacuracy.

Hi anon,

I know it sounds weird, but I get what you mean. There’s a fine line between being sick and pretending to be sick for attention, but I don’t think people that pretend to be sick do it on purpose, there’s probably something there but they don’t know how to channel it so they make up symptoms that once they had, I don’t know how to explain it either… I just don’t think those people are evil, they’re also sick but in a different way than they pretend to be.

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