#potsie

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

sometimes when chronically ill/disabled/neurodivergent people say “I can’t do this thing” they really mean “I can technically do this thing I guess, but not without pretty significant repercussions” and I really need more fully-abled people to understand the validity of that

[tritiumblanket]

i hate when i, a completely healthy person (very chronically ill), get sick (flare up) for no reason at all (i exerted myself way past my limit just cuz i didn’t wanna be “annoying”) (this post is about PHYSICAL DISABILITIES and CHRONIC ILLNESS, please don't derail)

[alittletouchofthetism]

i would like to thank the Stanford med school professor (and medical doctor!) who created the technology to put heart rate monitors in watches who also happens to be a furry

bc of you i was able to get my pots diagnosis and better understand what’s wrong w me 🙏🙏

furries contribution to this world is unmatched yall

[perpetuallyoverit]

fatigue is NOT getting tired from normal things . fatigue is "oh no i just stood up and it feels like i ran a marathon." . when even the most basic tasks like standing and sitting send your body into overdrive . i wish more people understood this.

[oncemorewithqueering]

i need able-bodied people to stop comparing their pain to my pain and the pain of disabled people

like, an actual interaction I have had with friends many times:

me: god i’m so tired

friend: yeah me too, i fell asleep at 2! when did you fall asleep?

me: oh, like 11, but it doesn’t really matter haha

friend: hmm, i think I’m more tired than you

friendly neighbourhood reminder to all you able-bodied people that your tiredness and pain is rarely comparable to a disabled person and a friendly reminder to all my disabled people that your tiredness and pain is rarely comparable to an able-bodied person

[lil-strawbunni]

When you stand up and your body's car warning lights come on all at once and you suddenly go blind and you have to immediately sit down or your body will go "nope" and send you to the ground

[mybodychoseviolence]

“surely this will not cause my chronic illness to flare up,” i say, actively doing something that has never failed to flare my chronic illness