#guys in chronic pain

[ptr-sqloint]

lab grown angel wip

[thedisablednaturalist]

I think some of us ambulatory wheelchair users are getting pretty close to (or already are) throwing full time users and higher support needs disableds under the bus. And that shit needs to be shut down NOW.

It's the problem of: "how dare they treat us like those people!"

The problem with ableists isn't that they assume we can't walk The problem is they assume we don't need our wheelchairs if we can. That we don't need our handicapped placards or transport vehicles. That we are taking advantage of other "actually" disabled people, that the ableists also don't give a shit about unless they're using them as an excuse to be ableist.

The problem with ableists isn't that they assume we are intellectually and/or developmentally disabled. The problem is they assume that every intellectually/developmentally disabled person needs to be treated with baby talk, dismissal, and ignorance. That they don't see them as people and refuse to listen to intellectually and developmentally disabled voices without making fun of them.

Stop throwing people with higher support needs under the bus. Stop doing what the abled neurodivergent community did to all physically disabled people. Us cripples gotta stick together and fight for one another, not push one down to make ourselves somehow look better to ableist fucks.

[jvnart]

something tender

[poeticnotpretentious]

Oh my god I can’t believe I have to say this but:

DISABLED PEOPLE CAN HAVE GOOD DAYS!!

Just because I had one day when the pain wasn’t there for long enough for me to enjoy it doesn’t mean I am suddenly “cured from my issue” or that I don’t need accommodations anymore.

[lupusbaby]

Sorry to rant again but my mom keeps going on about how the meds I have to be on to be able to walk are “so addictive” and I “really need to be careful with that stuff” and can we please stop making people feel guilty for taking medications?

Before I got my diagnosis it was, “well if it is autoimmune, you can’t take the meds because they give you cancer”. Guess what?? My diagnosis ended up meaning that if I DON’T take those medications I will live in excruciating pain and die early.

Do you think I really like taking all these meds? The ones that increase my risk of developing all kinds of harmful secondary conditions? The ones that make it so I could potentially die from a usually harmless infection because I’m immunocompromised?

It’s between being “addicted” to Gabapentin or being able to walk, Mom.

[emotional-moss]

shoutout to the queers with chest dysphoria who have bad posture or tight muscles or chronic back or neck pain from slouching to hide their chests. i've been slouching terribly since i was 13 and my posture is noticeably curved and i've had chronic back pain for the past 2 1/2 years because of it. and i'm not the only one who has these kinds of problems! love you all, remember to stretch, shrimp posture check, and go easy on yourself

[oatmealcrisp-freak]

saiki is legally allowed to be The Grumpiest Boy because chronic headache and fatigue

[b4kuch1n]

simulated earth (it does not matter)

transcript

[affixjoy]

Thinking today about how fucking BORING chronic pain is. In the last few months my endometriosis pain has been ramping up again, and I’ve been having more days with pain than without. Most of the time, like today, it’s just enough to be annoying, sap my energy, and distract me from whatever I want to actually be doing.

And yeah, it sucks to be in pain and be tired all the time. But it’s also so so boring. It’s boring for me and it’s boring for everyone around me. It makes me feel bored and it makes me a boring person to be around.

[nerdyenby]

Late Diagnosis (tm) starter pack

My pain doesn’t start or stop, I just remember/forget about it

Tf you mean you guys aren’t tired 24/7

“Close enough” to normal to go under the radar

Can’t decide what to bring up to your pcp first so you just never bring up That One Thing that you’ve always dealt with and keep forgetting isn’t normal

“Have you tried working out?”

“Maybe you wouldn’t get dizzy when you stand up if you left your room more often”

Thinking a mobility aid would help you but being afraid to voice that because people will think you’re exaggerating or start treating you differently

Being too drained to call and schedule an appointment even when you remember (and most of the time you forget)

“It’s not that bad… except when it is”

Flare ups that leave you in tears and unable to move but it’s only happened a handful of times so it’s “probably fine”

Being so used to being tired that that one time you woke up well rested 4 months ago is still on your mind

[melancholic-mutt]

me: wants to get muscular to pass better + be hot

remembers that i literally cant exist without being in pain, am incredibly weak, am constantly exhausted, am easily injuired, and pain + fatigue is worsened with any physical activity

me: nvm ig i'll just not pass and stay an ugly twig and never wear any outfit i wanna wear ever

[justablah56]

hey guys what if I said cane user vr la . what then .

[bisexualseraphim]

The fact that neurotypical and able-bodied people can’t comprehend that disabled people usually don’t like consistently being told “BEING DISABLED IS BAD!!! THE WAY YOU ARE IS FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG!!! YOU NEED TO BE CURED!!!” even in a ‘nice’ or ‘woke’ way shows how little they actually value our agency or even our worth as humans.

No, Stacy, I don’t want people fiddling with eugenics because they’re uncomfortable with me existing, I want you to. You know. Treat me like a person. Have help be there when I need it without treating me like I’m an invalid. Why is that apparently so much more difficult for you than telling me my existence is wrong and spending millions fiddling in a lab for unwanted “cures?” Whatever happened to listening to others and accepting them for who they are? Or do you only see disabled people as the poor, helpless invalids you can “help” cross the street without asking so you can get another Scouts badge?

[crowned-ladybug]

After years, I'm finally getting down the design for one of my many Flight Rising dragons, BU

He's an absolute charmer and also wanted in all of Lightning flight for starting a workers' riot at the factory he used to work at. Today he lives in Fire flight, adopted by a family of blacksmiths and using his charm on customers instead (he's not allowed to work the forge. His factory work has left him with chronic health issues and most days he wears a back brace to help deal with some of it)

[awaywithw6rds]

be mine be mine be mine and take the pain away

[outletcrash]

GUESS WHO FIGURED OUT 3D ANIMATION!!!!!!!

i started this project on the 15th with the 2d drawing at like 3am. the next day i modeled + textured it and today i spent all day rendering/animating!

this is the 2nd 3d model ive ever made and i couldnt have done it without @crashsune 's course on yt!! i have tried every couple months since 2020 to learn 3d modeling and this is the BEST tutorial i have ever seen.

lots of tutorials show you how to make like. a hyperrealistic donut. why would i want to make that. that is useless. i want silly blocky characters and i want them now!!

i started this series on jan 9th and i fully completed a love-chan using the free downloadables in ONE DAY!! then i watched it again a few days later and made THIS!! im still loosing my marbles like i had absolutely 0 experience or prior knowledge in any way,, (previous attempts never left me with any proper models, only weird squishy nightmare stress creations i gave up on instantly).

hes still a bit clunky but idc i love him. it is literally day 8 of me using blender of all time. ofc its gonna get a lil silly

its creature time baby (shockwave is next)