#and have chronic pain and fatigue and ADHD

[funkle420]

helppp how do i manifest happiness and hope when im waiting to hear back on whether or not im gonna be able to pay rent or buy food or continue going to college

[nerdyenby]

Happy disability pride month everyone <3

Shoutout to my fellow people who

Didn’t realize their symptoms weren’t normal (I didn’t understand that people went through their days without feeling exhausted all the time until I was 20)

Flew under the radar because they function “well enough”

Aren’t good at communicating when they’re in pain and/or don’t know how to ask for support

Are still stuck in the endless cycle of doctor referrals

Still don’t have a name for what they experience

Hesitate to call themselves disabled, while also craving the validation of our pain that comes with that label

Feel like they don’t belong in this community. I promise you do. Your struggles are valid and you are always welcome here <3

[tesco-finest-aromantics]

if you tell someone with memory problems that they’re “too young” to have bad memory you are being ableist. end of.

[halloweeneva]

I remove my mask (ADHD) only to reveal a second smaller mask underneath (Chronic Fatigue)

[halogalopaghost]

[youngpeachenthusiast]

sometimes i try to convince myself that my chronic pain is fake and i'm pretending for attention, but then on days like these i find a nice template for a symptom tracker and i'm ecstatic!! like, i finally found a template that might actually work for me!!!

[switchspeaks]

Ok genuine question: what beef do non visibly disabled people have with visibly disabled people? Like what have they actually done collectively to earn not only distain but division.

[i-dont-even-noa]

Sometimes trying to get through life feels like walking into a Pokémon gym with only one Pokémon in your party and it only knows 5PP moves. And like maybe I have some berries and a few ethers but at the end of the day there's only so many times I can use Moongeist Beam until my back gives out on the way to the grocery store

[ebonyheartnet]

Me: I can take the recycling out without my walker, just this once. It’ll be fine! :D

-7 calamities later-

Me: It Was Not Fine.

[0last-ditch-effort0]

I'm so tired of being this disabled. I'm so tired of being stuck in bed all day. I'm so tired of being tired.

I hate watching as much tiktok as I do, because its the only thing I can half concentrate on besides doom scrolling, and it's only marginally kinder on my mental health. I want to read, I want to write, I want to fucking do something. But every time I more than half prop myself up my body protests. I haven't the hand strength to open a book, I havent the concentration necessary to even write this post without getting distracted twice. I'm just so tired of it, yaknow?

[euphoricfox]

If I could afford to get meal kits again and if I could afford to pay a secretary to send emails and make phone calls for me, I would be able to function without my brain SCREAMING at me for half the day every single day.

I'm so tired. I am so fucking tired. It shouldn't be this hard.

[slightlyreanimatedchaos]

Wow! Learning so much today! Like how I managed to never tell my psychiatrist that I have disabling migraines and chronic pain daily, even though it started after I started seeing her and has been going on for over a year! And I learned what migraine auras were, that I have them, and that it is in fact not how everyone sees light! AND I learned that my depression is worse than I thought (I’ve been dissociating and not checking in with myself)! What a wonderful day of learning 😌✨

[tramontane-fire]

why so tired?????? not fair!

Food? eaten, incl. fruit and protein

Sleep? done. lots of. didn't get up properly until 10 this morning.

Water? drank lots.

Caffeine? cup of coffee didn't make a dent. giving up caffeine didn't make a dent either.

The cleveland clinic recommends that I do mindfulness which if you'll excuse me is a crock of shit. being constantly aware of everything around you always sounds exhausting, and I'm already exhausted so I can skip that.

[halogalopaghost]

I can really judge how bad of a day I'm having based on how hard it is to get tucked in bed. Sometimes just lifting my weighted blanket to get under it is a HERCULEAN effort. Im working on coming to terms with the fact that this is not my fault.

[catfishofoldin99colours]

oh this week is gonna be a BAD time to be off my meds : - )

[space-snake]

Are there any self help books that take into consideration depression, anxiety, autism, AND (possible, not confirmed) ADHD?

Or can someone just give me tips for Doing Things even when I’m tired and in pain