#esp since my body pain has been through the roof and also evolving

[team-sleeps]

Sorry to word it so crudely but it always kinda bothered me how like,,, borderline horny all of House's co-workers were for constantly trying to get him to quit his meds cold turkey. And I'm not saying this in a way where I'm saying it shouldn't have been written that way, but rather I think it effectively brings up a very interesting aspect that sometimes befalls people who live with disabling amounts of pain.

Like I totally understand that when something is being abused that it has potentially devastating effects to a person's life. But as someone who deals with chronic pain that has no identifiable source and is refused access to pain meds cause they think I Dont Need Them™, it really sucks having someone else telling you how You feel for you.

Out of all the times that people tried to convince him to drop the pills, how many actually sat down with him and asked him about his pain and quality of life before considering the solutions?? They didn't draw out and plans and say "Ok, we know you're pain on a bad day makes it difficult to do x y z and tedious doing a b c on a good day even, so this is how we can account for this." They just basically shamed him for relying on medication to function every time, for their own moral comfortability.

I think the only people who understood him in that sense was Thirteen and then later on Wilson after he went through his cancer arc. Sometimes you have to do your best to live your own idea of your best life, whatever that means to each person. And I'm not saying people shouldn't account for their health and well-being as well as the well-being of their loved ones, of course they should!

But not everyone's reality looks the same. Some people get up and run every morning. Others may struggle just to get out of bed in the morning. But that doesn't make either of them any less or more deserving of the tools that they need to live their daily lives. And I hope one of the bigger takeaways that people get from that plot is that there has to be a balance to the idea of Helping a loved one with chronic pain or disabilities. You can absolutely encourage them to make good choices for their health and even be a part of that routine out of care. But don't shame them for the aids they may or may not have to use to just be able to function on a daily ya know?