The Proud Zebra

The life of an EDSer. A blog of widsom, insight, and overly relatable quotes/sayings/pictures for my fellow spoonies! Currently on the path of -Ehlers Danlos Syndrome ~ Type 3 -POTS -Raynauds Disease -A plight of chronic, debilitating, mystery symptoms that no one can label, diagnoss, or treat

[silentwinged]

The head pain’s connected to the neck pain; The neck pain’s connected to the back pain; The back pain’s connected to the rib pain…

Sing along, you all know this one…

[stomach-vs-heart-deactivated202]

Let’s call the whole thing off!

[eatsleepdraw]

[sick-kids-are-cool]

“lets try to get you down to a 0 on the pain scale” lmao I like your enthusiasm buddy but have I got some news for you

[onlytwitterpics]

[beyonslayed]

ME?????!!!!!!

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[ruinedchildhood]

Let’s just take a moment to appreciate the fact that Pooh has just shoved the equivalent of his own internal organs back into his body like it was no big deal.

[theproudzebra]

Me when relocating 🙈

[theproudzebra]

My reaction to hateful insults: lol yeah okay buddy

My reaction to constructive criticism: ah, I see now that I am horrible. I am the worst. I will cry for 90 years now.

[whatsuprubberduck]

Me: *feels something* Me: Ew, nope. Never doing that again.

[cheese24k]

[aaliyahhhs-blog]

but where was he at my last doctor’s appointment…

[basuraplatino-deactivated201504]

this is how you know someone loves what they’re doing.

[mroldmandan]

gonna have to ask my dr. to do the same thing…

[vysaninja]

But seriously, this is how to pediatrician.

[litany-of-excuses-deactivated20]

Friendly reminder to check you’re not holding tension in your body. Let your shoulders drop, unclench your hands and jaw. Take a deep breath. Much better.

[modelinterrupted]

This just helped

[slowheart]

me, as a spy: ok gotta be quiet gotta be sneaky my joints: *crack*

[lifeaccordingtocrohns]

Does it really hurt, or is it all in my head?

A novel by me.

Featuring such great chapters as:

- Is my pain tolerance really high or does this just not hurt? - How much would this be hurting a normal person? - Do I need to suck it up and carry on? - At what point does this need medical attention?

and my personal favourite,

- Am I making a big deal out of nothing: will the doctors believe me?

[traitspourtraits]

[potsandaspoonie]

Friend: So what type of doctor do you see for your illness?

Me: All of them.

[illness-adnauseum]

Me: Any doctor who will take me

[traumathiccndramatic-deactivate]

Another name for someone with a chronic illness is, light seeker. Because that’s all we do. We look for the light in the darkness. The light at the end of the tunnel. The north star, anything. Anything to give us the faith to keep going. The hope, it will get better.

thyroiddiseasediaries (via thyroiddiseasediaries)

[reality-escape-artist]

How do you tell people? How do you tell them that you’re exhausted even though you slept for 10 hours? How do you tell them that you need a break from talking and smiling and simply being near them? How do you tell them that although you love them, you so desperately need to be alone tonight?

Midnight thoughts (I’m burnt out)

[rachellephant]

the most important thing to me ever is bi kids knowing that it’s ok to be 10% attracted to women and 90% attracted to men or 10% attracted to men and 90% attracted to women and still feeling ok to identify as bi, and still feeling like their identity is valid, and still feeling like they can lead fulfilling lives with both (or other) genders. like that’s just so fricking important.

[baital]

I’m a bi adult and you know what? I needed this. Thank you.

[alder-greatly-approves]

it’s also important to remember that it can be a fluid % like sometimes it’ll be 50/50 some times 10/90 and then drift into a 45/65 or even 2/98 and it’s still okay. It’s just where you are at that time in your life. 

[theproudzebra]

Alsoooo, while we're here. You do not have to have been in any type of relationship to justify your feelings. Let me repeat. You.do.not.need.to.date.multiple.sexes.to.identify.as.bi.

Neither your fluidity nor past relationships dictate how you feel. You're not "confused", you're in touch with your feelings.

[hahayeahiamthefword]

[burningbrighterstill]

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