to the disabled person who needs to hear this:
you don't have to earn or "deserve": resting, sleeping, taking your medications (including OTC meds, cannabis, creams, etc.), using your mobility aids, eating, declining to go to an event, choosing to stay home, having a self care/lazy day, or taking care of yourself in any other capacity. you can be good to yourself today.
There's only one real way to categorise disorders and it's when you google it and the first results fit into one or more of the following categories:
1. "Is your child-" "Does your child-" "How to cope with the burden of being a parent for-"
2. "How to get better: Step One: have a lot of money!" "How to get better: Step One: simply stop having it!"
3. "10 Ways To Spot Sickopaths With This Disorder So You Can Protect Yourself" "The Bad People Disease -by Dr. Eugene X."
there is no positive connotation to the word 'narcissist' in any context. if i'm talking about what psychs identify in me as 'narcissistic traits' I use the word because the behavior i'm describing is objectively harmful to myself and others. it's very odd to see people attempt to spin it into something positive as a form of anti-ableism.
physically disabled people quietly wishing there was a cure or treatment for their debilitating medical conditions are not “eugenicists” yall need to seriously stop pretending like disabled people’s innermost and darkest thoughts govern the universe and society around you. it’s getting weird
And when we talk about how DID is formed from severe childhood trauma, what is not meant is that what happened to you needs to have been objectively "severe". If you have severe trauma responses (such as DID), then you have severe trauma.
Your trauma is enough regardless of what happened to you.
Trauma is incredibly subjective; what was incredibly traumatizing for one person may not be for another. How we become traumatized is related to a complex web of factors. No case of traumatization will look the exact same.
Trauma is not a competition. What matters is that it affects you. It's enough.
You’re still chronically ill if you have a good day. You’re still valid. Your chronic illness is still valid if you have one good day out of a hundred bad days.
you’re not a failure, you’re sick.
you were putting just as much effort forward before you were sick as you are now, you just have less energy to use so the results aren’t as exciting. it’s not complacency if you’re putting forward an effort.
it’s normal for your work life to suffer when your personal life does. you’re not a robot, you’re still a person, it’s unrealistic of you to expect yourself to be able to compartmentalize your symptoms at work. your body doesn’t care where you are or who’s time you’re on and it’s okay.
if all you can do is maintain your responsibilities, that is enough. you are probably not going to get fired if all you’re doing is what’s on your job description. it’s okay that you can’t put anything extra forward to grow. you’re growing in other ways right now.
even if you lose your job, you’re still not a failure. you’re not defined by the fruits of your labor, but by the substance of your heart and you are still that same career driven person who worked so hard in that position in the first place.
the reason why you’re successful isn’t because of what you’ve done, but who you are. take pride in your talent, motivation, knowledge, intelligence, and grit. that’s where your value lies.
btw if you can't, won't, or don't want to brush your teeth for any reason, i extremely strongly recommend orbit gum.
it's sugar free and ideal to chew it after eating--when you do that it helps prevent cavities according to the american dental association :3 your teeth will feel and be cleaner and also like it's fun to chew gum
[personally a fan of their sweet mint flavor because it's minty without being painful/overpowering but there's also a lot more of them--bubblemint's good too]
i love you autistics who don't have special interests
I love you autistics without sensory issues
i love you autistics who are hyposenstive
i love you autistics who are both hypo- and hypersensitive
I love you autistics who hate routine
i love you low empathy autistics
i love you high empathy autistics
I love you autistics with lots of freinds
I love you autistics who are hyper verbal
i love you autistics who make lots of eye contact
i love you autistics who can't mask
i love you autistics who dont know who they aren't behind their mask
i love autistics who are "childish"
i love autistics that have never had a meltdown
i love autistics with catatonia
i love autistics with intellectual disabilities
i love autistics with Anxiety and/or Depression
i love autistics with Psychotic Disorders
i love autistics with Bipolar Disorders
i love autistics with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
i love autistics with truma Disorders
i love autistics with Dissociative Disorders
i love autistics with Eating Disorders
i love autistics with Somatic symptoms Disorders
i love autistics with Sleep Disorders
i love autistics with addictions
i love autistics with Personality Disorders
i loved autistic systems
i love autistics with multiple disabilities
i love autistics that can't work
i love autistics that cant leave their house
I love autistics who can't live alone
i love autistics who use AAC
i love poc autistics
i love people with autism who prefer person first language
i love autistics who use function labels
i love autistics with outdated diagnoses
i love autistics who were/are misdignosied
i love self diagnosed autistics
i love all autistic people
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