“I Don’t Want To Be A Burden” You’re More Like A Relief, A Gift, A Blessing Actually

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the disability is disabling today folks

schizophrenia is not just experiencing positive symptoms (hallucinations and delusions). a lot of schizophrenics are neurodivergent in other ways. this focus on the positive symptoms is a villainious way to gatekeep us from neurodivergent spaces because our positive symptoms are typically portrayed as "scary".

our negative symptoms (flat effect, being withdrawn, avolition and anhedonia) are skewed to portray us as "evil" because we're not "emotive" or "caring" enough. schizospec disorders make everyday activities so hard. basic hygiene isn't a habit, we have little to no motivation to do basic things, the lack of happiness and pleasure can turn into severe depression for some of us and that's why depressive and bipolar schizoaffectives exist. people don't grasp the fact that schizophrenia is a disability.

i've personally experienced a lot of cruelty from other neurodivergent people because there is little to no education on schizospec disorders even within neurodivergent spaces. we're seen as inherently morally reprehensible for our disorder and people are so casually ableist to us. i'm not able to speak up for myself in these spaces because i feel like there is no where else i can go. neurotypicals are cruel to schizophrenics but so are other neurodivergent people. people need to have more care and love for schizophrenics.

yes that includes schizophrenics with little to no empathy, schizophrenics of color, trans schizophrenics, gay schizophrenics, schizophrenic systems, autistic schizophrenics, schizophrenics with adhd, fat schizophrenics, poor schizophrenics, homeless schizophrenics, schizophrenic sex workers, schizophrenics who've experienced abuse, schizophrenics with ocd, schizophrenics with ptsd/cptsd, schizophrenic children and teens, elderly schizophrenics, schizophrenics who are also physically disabled, all schizophrenics.

all schizophrenics deserve love.

able bodied allies of disabled people when your disability genuinely has no secret upside and makes you useless to a late stage capitalist society

Since it's fibro awareness month, I'd like to give a special shout out to all my fibro friends!

Here's to the people who were diagnosed when they were young, and had to sit out on everything other people their age could freely do

To my older fibro friends, who got diagnosed later in their life and were constantly told it's "all in your head"

To the people who have their diagnoses ignored or belittled

To the people who have no support and feel alone

To the people who have amazing friends, family, and doctors who actually listen

To the people who keep telling themselves, "I just have to make it through this day," every day

To those who lay on the floor with invisible pain, no one else can begin to imagine

To my friends who wildly swing from a 3 to a 10 on the pain scale

To everyone who feels like their skin is burning, just from wearing clothes

To my young and old friends who use mobility aids

To my friends who wear compression supports

To my friends who can't do basic tasks, such as showering, brushing your teeth, or eating because it feels like you've been set on fire

To anyone who hasn't gotten a diagnosis yet, but you just know something isn't right

To everyone who feels as if there is no end in sight

May your pain never be a ten, may you have heating pads, a comfortable bed and a nice cup of tea to help you feel just a tiny bit better. I see you, I hear you, and I am with you through this hell of a journey.

Apparently I'm winning in life

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bandaids

visible nipples thru shirt

leg bruises

armpit hair

undereye dark circles

Happy Gay Olympics Eurovision!

It's so frustrating that my neurologist is so clearly in over his head. To my face he's denying that there's any uncertainty in the diagnosis he has given me and is blaming anything that doesn't fit on my mental health. But on paper he has gone back and forth between two diagnosises for months now. He is switching between the two every time he writes in my medical chart and when I ask him about it he denies that he's unsure. I can't fucking wait to start af the headache clinic

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