#Chronic Illness Bloggers

[readbetweenthelyme]

Me and Lyme Disease

Sometimes, I forget (which might be a good thing, IDK) that I started this blog back in like 2016 so I could chronicle and share my fight? my experience? my new life of chronic illness? To feel like I had a voice? I really wanted to get my story out there about contracting and then dealing with chronic Lyme Disease. Or Post Treatment Lyme Disease according to the CDC. There are so many people out…

[majaurukalo]

But the way we perceive health and ability is truly problematic. No, eating protein shakes, avoiding ultra processed food, training everyday, running on the treadmill, etc. don’t put you out of the “dangers” of disability and illness (if we want to call it that).

No one is immune to illness, bad genes, accidents or old age. And becoming disabled or ill isn’t synonym of failure or “bad behaviours”.

Our bodies are fragile. Human beings are fragile. That’s why disability needs to be taken into account more seriously and considered as a social issue. For you, your loved ones and all the people you don’t know of but who deserve to be treated with dignity and respect no matter the state of their health and abilities.

I didn’t get sick at one year of age because I deserved it or because I was morally corrupt. How could I be? I was 1. It just happened. It was an autoimmune disease. That’s it.

[theoverstimulated]

"You might think that because you’ve had COVID-19 and lived through it that repeat infections will impact you similarly, but “reinfections aren't harmless. As cases continue to rise and more variants arrive on the scene, infectious-disease experts are warning that repeat infections could have cumulative, lasting effects.”

...If you want to maintain your current level of health and avoid potential damage to your body & organs (up to and including your brain & your heart) and/or want to live as long as possible, taking precautions to prevent COVID-19 infections is crucial."

[melodymorningdew]

@doctordisco12

[u-n-c-o-m-m-o-n]

[fawnl3t]

I hate having a helicopter mom sometimes ... I can't lock my door? I can't watch material that has sex because i won't understand? I'm 17....and I've had a general idea of sex since I was 12

I'm not allowed to go shopping or go to the movies unless she's there the whole time. Among many other things

I may be mentally disabled and physically disabled but Im still a teenager, and I want some sort of privacy and / or freedom

Like she could just drop me off, and I can call her to pick me up if me walking home alone scares her ???? Hell, I asked for her to leave me at the LIBRARY, and she could always pick me up, but no, she gets all mad at me . How could you suggest that !?! All these horrible things will happen, and you'll get kidnapped!?! Etc etc

[lifethroughfingertips]

[faybellesbeauty]

i might be actually getting better. holy shit. the doctors finally believed me. im getting the support i need, we are seeing if there are meds that i could benefit from. i'm no longer bedbound or housebound because i got approved for mobility aids. holy. fucking. shit. so, expect me to be back asap to annoy you with my stupid eah rants and lesbianism <333 and finally work on the requests <3333

[purplebutterflies-blog]

It DOES get better. Not every day is bad love. There are good days and bad ones

💜🦋

CREDIT goes to: @ sidthevisualkid (found on Pinterest)

[littlesweetbrunette]

the real female rage

( "Timoclea uccide il capitano di Alessandro Magno"— Elisabetta Sirani)

[majaurukalo]

Look, I get it, disability support is not as trendy as being an LGBTQ+ supporter or against racism, we might not have all that cool music and colourful parade floats, our flag has a lot of black. It’s not fashionable. No business puts the disabled flag in their logos on July.

Some of us make non-disabled people uncomfortable (to their own admission) because of how we exist in this world. Some of us slouch and drool, some of us have tics and spasms, some of us are missing limbs or parts of our faces. We might have bulky mobility aids and big and noisy equipment, some of us can’t avoid to attract attention, some of us are shaped in a “weird” way. We might walk and move too slowly or take a lot of time to express ourselves, to form thoughts and words. Some of us don’t speak. Many of us can’t fit in, can’t hide our disabilities and the way we look.

No, it’s not trendy or fashionable. I get it.

But the problem is that society has decided that there is only one standard to exist, to look, to be. The rest is abnormal, wrong, sick, broken…

It’s the mindset that needs to change. We should open up to all the different possibilities we could encounter, to the idea that what we are used to see is not necessarily the only right thing. Because there is no a “right” way to exist, to go through this World, to live, to look, to be. The more we open up to all of this, the more liberating it will feel. And it will be easier to accept the possibility of a future disability that might happen, to us and the people we love.

It’s not enough to just say “yes, disabled people deserve rights”. There should be an active step forward. Be uncomfortable. Get used to the idea of being around people who are not the “standard”. Be uncomfortable with the idea of a body and a mind that don’t work like you are used to.

[theoverstimulated]

If you're interested in building community and acting in solidarity, this week's post is a short piece about an easy action you can take today.

[bitchasindog]

i don’t care if i’m 5 foot. i belong on a cat walk.

[melodymorningdew]

I love being told that the help I'm given means I owe something to the person who helped me 🙃 Like don't help me, then.

[sleepyangelbunny]

Hey guys,

Posting outside of my dorm, had a really rough day. The last couple days actually have been really rough. But hey! It’ll get better soon, maybe not this weekend

Or the next,

Or the one after that,

But yk eventually, there’s always something to look forward to, even if it’s just daydreaming about the future. I know everything will be okay. I know this blog is supposed to be more positive so I’ll stop rambling however wanted to check in :)

-Your favorite HufflePuff💛

[totally-sick-blogger]

Rating random fidget/stim toys out of 10

- tangles 5/10 - they’re fun but when they come apart I can never get them back together

- wacky tracks 10/10 - everything I love about tangles but without the things I hate

- large pop-its 7/10 - it depends on the shape tbh

- small pop-its 8.5/10 - they’re not my preferred fidget toy but I still really like them!! Especially the ones that only have 1 or 2 bubbles on them

- mochi animal thingies 7/10 - they’re very fun to play with and very easy to travel with but they make your hands smell weird and I don’t enjoy that.

- plastic rainbow wiggly slugs 8/10 - they’re kinda big which makes them harder to travel with but otherwise I have no notes.

- foam stress balls 5.5/10 - they’re always either fantastic or hard as a rock with no in between

- filled stress balls 2/10 - I have a love/hate relationship with these because they’re so fun to play with but they nearly always end up exploding.

- literally anything made out of that sticky rubber material 0/10 - I have no explanation I just hate these

- floam 10/10 - I am the number one floam fan

- play dough 7.5/10 - I like playing with it but I wish it didn’t smell as strong

- kinetic sand 5.5/10 - I have love/hate relationship with it and I can’t explain why

- bubble rap 7.5/10 - the og stim toy. But also it’s so loud and I don’t love that.

This was not nearly as helpful or well thought out as my usual posts but I hope you were at least entertained by it <3

Let me know your favourite stim toys in the comments !!!