#that physical pain is a headache

[loganslowdown4]

Roman: Hey, Logan?

Logan: Yes?

Roman: What would happen if Pinocchio said 'my nose will grow now'?

Logan: …

Roman: I NEED TO KNOW!

Logan: Stop— This physically hurts me, give me a moment—

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

I know its kind of silly to say “don’t feel bad for canceling because of pain, fatigue, etc” because I know guilt is a reflex you can’t easily refrain from. But you can reason with yourself so instead I’ll say this:

Nobody can feel what you’re feeling but you. Nobody knows the severity of what you would be putting yourself through if you were to “tough it out.”

If you do “tough it out,” the purpose for you doing the thing will most likely not be fulfilled anyway. You probably will not be mentally present or engaged. You probably will not have a good time or get much out of it. Etc.

If people really have such a problem with it, thats a huge red flag. Being transparent about your needs and boundaries is a great way to weed people like that out of your life.

If you have any kind of chronic illness or disability, remember that you probably have a very warped judgement of what is “reasonable” to endure in terms of pain, fatigue, burnout, etc.

You didn’t ask for this, you don’t deserve this, there is no reason you should have to bear the weight of it alone. I bet if someone else was in your position, you wouldn’t mind helping accommodate for them?

Low energy days are truly sacred, take them seriously. Please respect your body’s signals. “If you do not choose times to rest, your body will choose for you” or however the saying goes

It is so much pressure to have to deliberate what sacrifices are necessary for proper self care. Give yourself extra credit for having to deal with that stress on top of whatever is putting you in that position in the first place. Thats a lot at once

You are leading by example and showing others that you would never expect them to hurt or overextend themselves for your benefit. Putting yourself first always inspires other to do the same.

Please be proud of yourself for even considering canceling and putting your needs first. That is so strong of you <3

[ontheoutside-lookingin]

Some chronic pain memes for extra hurty times

[matchakuracat]

Being asked to rate your pain on a scale as someone who has had chronic pain for several years is so difficult. Like how am I supposed to rate the pain I am experiencing from 1-10 when I have no idea what it feels like to not be in pain. Like what is 0? what is 1?? what is even 10???? What am I comparing it to???? My 5 can be someone else's 10 and their 10 can be someone else's 2, and how is a doctor or anyone else for that matter supposed to tell the difference? Maybe it's because I'm autistic and I'm just overthinking it but it literally makes no sense to me.

[lycoris707]

not feeling great, so have a wild life Gem doodle

the BAMs got their designs, so others will too

also as for the animatic stuff, I moved the deadline to "we'll see how long it takes" cuz it turns out I made a grave error in my calculations, so the previous schedule was literally impossible to pull off

[gandalf-the-bean]

when you have chronic pain you just kinda get used to that spot hurting but when a NEW spot that’s not a Hurty spot starts to hurt and it’s like not even that bad but suddenly you can’t do anything cause the Wrong Spot is Hurting

[fellow-queer-birdguy]

Did anyone else's chronic pain go from just bothering you to FUCKING everything up??

Because that sure happened to me. Went from "my hip kinda hurts when I walk and my joints crack a bit. Slight headache too." to "oww my hips gave out again, and hurt like hell. Also my joints are cracking and it's very painful. Can't walk anymore today. Oh and my head hurts for the 3rd month in a row."

[jasperthehatchet]

Hi so here's my altiods tin chronic pain/migraine kit! Also including some stuff that doesn't fit in an altoids tin. (Also this isn't for general use this kit is specifically for taking with me on trips and stuff, for general use I have a large drawer specifically for pain/disability things <3)

Inside the tin:

- 2 small packets of a sugar free caffine drink mix, strawberry flavor. Caffine helps me when im feeling a migraine coming on, but I only resort to it if i absolutely need it since im not a caffeine drinker. I don't recommend caffeine AND medication together though. but I DO recommend finding similar sized drink mixes with electrolytes

- a small bag of safety pins and those little aluminum ace bandage clasp thingies. These are for when I go out wearing ace bandages or need to bring them with me during periods where my joint pain is really bad. It's not often i need bandages though, usually I just bring a few compression braces. Those take up less space and are easier to carry

- three little bags of medicine, all labeled. One for nausea, one for general headaches and the last one is ibuprofen (the medication is never sitting in the tin for too too long, I usually store it properly when I get back)

- I'll put an unmedicated migraine/forehead patch in the tin if I think I'll need it, that's not in the picture though

-These two things don't fit in a little tin but they are just as important imo, 2 ankle/elbow compression braces and a pack of hand warmers. The heat from the hand warmers soothes joint or muscle pain in my personal experience

This kit is specifically put together with my personal needs in mind, but if you have any ideas for what to add or different ways you'd make one I'd love to hear about it in the notes! <3 <3 <3

[dumplingprincessextraordinaire]

Uhhhmm enduring my migraine helps me max up my mental and physical stats and builds character, thanks.

[nagichi-boop]

I’ve headcanoned before that Sonic suffers from chronic migraines after the events of Sonic Frontiers and the cyber corruption, but I want to share the love. Tails suffers from chronic migraines. It annoys the hell out of him because he gets photophobia, which makes tinkering with machines difficult. A lot of times he’ll push through and just squint while he works (until Sonic catches him). But sometimes it gets so bad that he just curls up and has to turn all the lights off. Sonic often finds him like this and carries him to bed, albeit very slowly so it doesn’t hurt Tails more. Tails doesn’t like rainy weather, both because he is afraid of thunder, and because he gets more migraines when it’s rainy.

Shadow also gets migraines, which makes him feel sluggish and he has an even harder time socialising. He tends to withdraw when he feels this way, especially given that he holds himself to a high standard being the Ultimate Lifeform. He knows logically that it’s because of being in stasis for 50 years and having multiple people mess with his mind, but he still doesn’t like the idea that he has any sort of ‘imperfection’. Sometimes Rouge will find him curled up in complete silence and she has to figure out whether it’s sensory overload, a migraine, or both. He is usually fairly docile when he has a migraine, though he prefers to be alone if he can help it. (Rouge is an exception to the rule, especially because she often helps get medication and pain relief tools to help him.)

[thecouncilofidiots]

"Why are we so fucking exhausted? Other than shower, we didn't do much today..."

"...oh."

Explains the headache. And pain. And exhaustion.

On the plus side, we finally finished transferring all of our spreadsheet information onto SimplyPlural. Now, we just have to do the SimplyPlural and PluralKit profiles. (Which require making moodboards for everyone...)

-Sose

[icewindandboringhorror]

sometimes looking at like Self Help Strategies lists for the symptoms I'm having is always just like:

thing that I already do

thing I have tried 10 times

thing I already do

thing that I don't have the money to do

thing I already do

thing I've been doing since I was 10yrs old to no avail

thing that is impossible given my situation

thing that doesn't apply to me

thing that I already do

thing I have already tried

hrmm, oh wait, maybe finally- OH, yeah.. okay. thing that I already do but it was just phrased slightly differently

thing I have already done

[beeribas]

So, Agatha All Along episode 7... made me cry like a baby dear gods.

[phagodyke]

the masculine urge to take a saucepan off thr draining board and bash myself repeatedly over the head with it until I pass out and no longer have to experience feeling Bad 😍

[the-acid-pear]

Having thoughts about Davetrap... Honestly the fact that he's So sentient is so tragic to me. It's like he said he's still a person he just looks different. Even the fact that he still needs food and is eating rats (which he ripped foxy's leg to do so better, unforgivable) yet seems capable of leaving but thing is WHERE to, y'know... I think this is a reality for most non human characters in this game but him being in such a state of disrepair definitely doesn't help, i mean, he literally couldn't be sold off, something he was clearly upset about (I also like that he called the maze shit a gig like that's cute, that's just his job).

Like its just, Dave was never much of anything, at all, we don't even know if this guy has a fucking home, but he still had some things in his favor, he was still somewhat well put and social and shit, so for him to be left like this it's like... I said it like thrice but its tragic its just tragic, man OT2

[krafterwrites]

I really wish that falling asleep was not consistently a painful, hours long process