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The thing about chronic pain is once you’ve had it for long enough you can’t remember what not being in pain felt like. You only recognize it as ‘not as debilitating as usual’ or ‘very much more fucking debilitating than usual’ so you have no grasp anymore of what it’s like to do things without factoring your pain levels in. People who aren’t in constant pain think that if you’re having a ‘good pain day’ it means you’re not in pain and should be able do to things. But having a good pain day doesn’t mean you’re not in pain, it means you’re in less than excruciating pain. Maybe your pain is low enough that you can ignore it. But people who don’t live in pain don’t understand that ignoring it takes energy, and even if it’s low enough that we can ignore it doesn’t mean it’s gone and it doesn’t mean we want to go out and do a bunch of things that will make it so bad it cannot be ignored.

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i like the idea of having a step-by-step schedule (like breakfast at x time, study at x time, etc.) but who’s gonna regulate that shit? me? that bitch is a toddler

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I’ve been having a rough couple weeks

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Hey maybe people should actually just get free treatment to begin with? 🤔🤔

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When someone asks you if you’re feeling better yet:

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Things my body can’t tolerate:

- Heat - Cold - Humidity - Rain - Extreme Dryness - Over exertion - Mild exercise - No exercise - Standing up - Sitting down - Lying flat - Lying on my side - Lying on my back - Lying on my stomach - Sleep - No sleep - Eating - Not eating

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Definitions of “I’m fine” from someone with chronic pain

I’m having a relatively low pain day

I feel normal but don’t want to bum you out

I’m hurting a lot but I don’t want you to think I’m complaining

I’m hurting a lot but you’re only asking to be nice so I won’t tell you that

I’m not doing fine but I’m trying to convince myself I am

I am too tired to tell you how I actually feel

It makes me too upset to tell you how I actually feel

I have forgotten what “fine” is so I use the word and I hope you don’t question it

This list is by no means complete, these are just what I find most often in my life

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Anyone else get that feeling?

I got a spur of the moment tattoo yesterday just to remember what normal pain is like and how it can heal and get better

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Know their names and their stories.

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Let's be real, i did actually cry

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Guys, look. They finally made a baby stroller for wheelchair-bound mothers. This is so important.

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Will always reblog

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