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Sometimes you’ve just got to accept that some things are never going to work out the way you want them to. Pick yourself up and keep rolling along through life. Let the past live in the past. Clear out the storage of your brain and make room for new, better, warmer memories. Be kind to yourself in instances of heartache and pain. You’ll make it out alive.

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abled people are so funny because theyll be like 😳 wow i didnt think of that 😳 and its like yeah i'll bet

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on healing: “i’d like to but how?”

a few tips i have found helpful (feel free to add) —

keep in mind that healing isn’t linear

write down accomplishments every day even if they’re small such as “i ate dinner today”, “i washed my face”, etc.

seek out a good therapist/psychiatrist that you click with even if it takes a few tries

reach out to loved ones when you need help

practice forgiving yourself often

make a point of doing little acts kindness for both yourself and others

work on positive self talk

etc, etc, etc

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Being too disabled to work is not a “rich person thing.” People who are not allowed to have more than 2k in their bank accounts are not rich lazy upper class people lol. And if you try to argue that “well if you aren’t rich how do you expect to survive without working” I’d like to remind you that lots of disabled people who can’t work don’t actually survive.

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they should invent a version of me that doesn’t wake up tired

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I'm creating designs that stand against tyranny. This specific design will show that you protest the fascist takeover of the United States of America. RESIST. RESIST. RESIST. NEVER RELENT. The fascists won't.

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*hugs you from afar* you are enough. you did good today.

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I’m chronically ill, and my life will always be a little different from others’. But that doesn’t make my worth any lesser than people who are able bodied. That doesn’t mean I don’t get to dream. That doesn’t mean I am defeated.

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[ID: a screenshot of a post from joshgad, which reads:

I could live to be a thousand and would

still never understand how in the fuck

ANYONE could possibly support a

group of people who are anti-science,

anti-education, anti-clean air, anti-trees,

anti-clean water, but pro measles and pro Russia.

/ end ID]

Same.

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15/04/2025 Doctor Beverly Crusher @SpaceDocMom Incoming Transmission…

One of the trickiest parts of my job is to convince health-privileged people that the things they imagine as "healthy living" and are thus "keeping them healthy" are more steeped in that privilege than in actual health science. Correlation is not causation. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon

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Wednesday Holmes

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Reading back through some old journal pages and found this quote (which I think I copied down from a reply or maybe the tags) and I think it's something everyone with a chronic illness/disability needs:

"Even if you don't need an aid to survive, you are allowed to get aids in order to thrive." - @stargazingdustbunny

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Mari Villar was slammed by a car that jumped the curb, breaking her legs and collapsing a lung. Amy Paulo was in pain from a femur surgery that wasn’t healing properly. Katie Kriegshauser suffered organ failure during pregnancy, weakening her so much that she couldn’t lift her baby daughter.

All went to physical therapy, but their health insurers stopped paying before any could walk without assistance. Paulo spent nearly $1,500 out of her own pocket for more sessions.

Millions of Americans rely on physical and occupational therapists to regain strength and motor skills after operations, diseases, and injuries. But recoveries are routinely stymied by a widespread constraint in health insurance policies: rigid caps on therapy sessions.

Insurers frequently limit such sessions to as few as 20 a year, a KFF Health News examination finds, even for people with severe damage such as spinal cord injuries and strokes, who may need months of treatment, multiple times a week. Patients can face a bind: Without therapy, they can’t return to work, but without working, they can’t afford the therapy. (Read more at link)

That’s been my experience. They just expect you to continue on your own but it’s not the same and so hard to commit to without the appointments.

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This is why I resist. 💙

We must end the fascist takeover of the United States government!

We had a super stressful meeting because doge is pushing my department to make extreme cuts and we have to submit the plan in less than a week. Its one thing to want to be as careful as possible with spending, it's another to rush it and cut programs that are actually needed and beneficial. I can't go into too much detail as I don't want to get doxxed, but trust me, everyone was pissed. Doge didn't even tell us themselves, we had to hear it from the logistics office. The poor lady was being absolutely bulldozed with questions but she was just the messenger. I think she did the best she could, but it was so scary and overwhelming. The problem is Doge's guidance is so vague and confusing that its hard to really give advice because no one knows wtf is going on. My mentor pointed out how doing what doge wants would end up costing us time and money and the lady just had to nod and apologize. My brain is so fried from all of this.

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to anyone doomscrolling like I am: are you comfortable in the position you’re in? Remember t stretch a little (don’t hyperextend your muscles), to drink some water, to take any medication if you need to, to change positions, to make your body more comfortable. And if doomscrolling isn’t helping but you’re too tired, try watching a youtube video or rewatching a comfort movie, or take a nap if you’re exhausted. Take care of yourself 🌱❤️‍🩹

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Ok fellow chronically ill folks, there's a lot of great memes and screenshots flying around our part of Tumblr but a lot of them are missing image descriptions which means these valuable posts are inaccessible to some.

So I have an offer: if you don't have the spoons to write an image description yourself and/or can't find a version with an ID to reblog, send it to me in an ask or a DM and I will write an ID as soon as I can for you.

This offer is for both reblogs and your original content. If it's an image (or set of images) that you're reblogging, reposting, or sharing, send me the link. If it's an image (or set of images) that you're posting for the first time, send the images.

Disclaimer: I'm not an expert on image descriptions so once I start doing this, if I can improve them, please let me know.

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*showing visible symptoms* oh my god i need help desperately

*symptoms go away for one day* what if im just faking it