I Just Think They’re Neat.

“You’re so strong for that..”

Thanks but that’s not all I am, let me be sad, frustrated, fearful, or even God Forbid- let me be soft.

Always help someone. you might be the only one that does.

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I am no longer explaining my chronic illnesses. I'm only ominously referencing them like I'm a fantasy realm NPC dropping plot hooks:

I am besieged by the affliction

The ritual was successful, but it has drained me. I need time to recuperate.

I can't do that, because of The Curse

Dark forces are conspiring within me. I must conserve my strength to battle them.

Unseen foes assault me. I cannot strike back with blows, but I can lessen their influence by consuming certain alchemical rites.

I had to block a male for calling me a slut within twenty minutes of talking to me online.

Reblog if you understand that disability is not a monolith and two people with the same disability do not have identical experiences ✨

“oh but its just your shoulder!” - you may see a disabled person and think something along the lines of this.

(or whatever body part/system you can see is affected.)

but many abled people seem to find it very hard to grasp just how much of their daily life relies on such body part.

which is understandable because why would you be thinking about how much you rely on your shoulder. yours works!

but imagine if every single time in a day, where you went to use your shoulder, you had someone pinch you. youd be surprised by just how fast youd get tired of being pinched.

not to mention that having just one health issue is not exactly the norm within the disabled community. bodies are too complex for that 🥲