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glowwormz · 2 years ago

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It can also lead to feelings of guilt and shame associated with engaging in distractions and/or things you enjoy when ill. Which if you end up chronically ill (or were chronically ill the entire time) can really fuck you up long-term.

Parents who say, "If you're feeling well enough to play video games, you're feeling well enough to go to school!" don't seem to realize they are equating an extremely low impact leisure activity with a high stress and difficult involuntary obligation.

Source: reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts

#to this day I feel extremely guilty doing anything but laying in bed in misery and agony when I’m unwell #even when I know for a fact if I were to pick up a game or a book it would greatly improve my pain levels #seriously if you have kids please don’t engage in this mentality of if you were really sick you wouldn’t be able to do xyz #it’s a false equivelent and actively harms your kid #the majority of my therapists patients are chronically ill #according to her this is one of the most common and worst things you can do for a sick child #mind you I don’t think parents intend to cause their kids distress and are coming from a place of good intentions #but the road to hell paved with good intentions etc etc #if you aren’t feeling well and a benign distraction will help you feel better even just for a little while you deserve to have that #wallowing in discomfort is not a moral good and won’t make you any stronger

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