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lemonxlimee · 9 months ago

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Gym instructors when they have a client whose crippling disability doesn't go away for an hour even after constantly overworking their broken body by running (a stupendously painful, debilitating activity for the person who has chronic back- and knee-joint pains)

#This is a vent #“Just get a new gym instructor”#I can't #He is the only person in the building who works one-on-one and I would feel bad taking a disability class because I'm not “visibly disabled #Unlike the blind or wheelchair-bound people who are the majority of people who take the class #I don't actually have a “disability” that is immediately obvious to somebody who instructs me #So unless I can summon a doctor's note or a prescription for disability aide #I will not be allowed to take the class I need and even if I could I'd feel bad taking a class that I might not even need that badly #Because some people seem to think that all my problems can be fixed with a chiropractor or “just work harder”#If I work harder I will destroy myself and my able-bodied instructor doesn't realize that #And no it's not a problem that I'm not working hard enough #I know myself well enough to know that if I overwork my painful joints I will have a mental breakdown out of sheer fear that I'm going to h

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