Love this response! I haven't been able to shower cause of my back and leg pain, but I'm so so glad you were able to :) I'm so grateful for my partner too! We love understanding and patient relationships. We've been together 1 year now and I can't wait for year 9!
I'm trying to create amore positive and content place for disabled and chronically ill people. I see so many negative posts about being chronically and they can really put me down. I wanna change that
I'd love to ask the question, what are you grateful for?
Now, I know this can be SO hard to answer especially when you're chronically ill. But I really want you to try and think of at least one thing. It could be something really small. Or even a list!
I'll go first: I'm grateful for my ability to create art, my mobility aids, and my chosen family.
YOUR TURN!
I'm short on rent and its due today!! (5/1/25) I am a disabled sex worker slowly working toward accessible employment and I really need help for this final month in my lease. I have 3 days until the late fees hit so please help me boost this and get the word out!! thank u for reading <3
Collage jellyfish girl!
I am absolutely PISSED
I am homeless, disabled, and trying to find housing. I don't qualify since I don't have a I have no income. I asked my social worker about finding housing if my gf lives with me but she doesn't make enough. I asked about getting disability once I receive a proper diagnosis, and I got a MAYBE. Not to mention, I'm so appalled after learning how much disabled people earn in one month. The government wants you to be homeless when you're disabled, and then punsihes you for it.
Self portrait in crayon ๐๏ธ
WORK IN PROGRESS
Represents my chest pain and rapid heart rate
I'm not at all saying people can't vent or complain about being disabled and chronically ill. I do it all the time. What we go through is beyond difficult
But I'm on my phone a lot cause I don't have the spoons for anything else. I'm always seeing posts about how horrible it is to be chronically ill. It's constant reminder. Its like picking at a wound never meant to heal in the first place. Sometimes I see more positive posts, but they are few and far between. I should make an effort to post some more positive content.
My support system. I have been around some, let's just say, very mean people in my life. I've curriated a chosen family I couldn't be happier with. With special thanks to my girlfriend and her family for giving me a temporary place to live and taking care of me
Self care. Before while I did take care of my body, I didn't take it as seriously as I should. When I had to use the restroom, shower, brush my teeth, drink water, eat I didn't always attend to my needs. Now a days, even though they are way harder to do, I put in extra effort. Because I deserve it
My art. I have a lot of self esteem issues with my art, and even have shut downs on occasions from a piece not being โperfect.โ But at the end of the day, when itโs just me in bed, with my art book, and my markers, I can forget about being disabled. I can fully put effort into something I love and have worked so hard on. And my efforts pay off. I can tell my art is improving
No, I am not I am not glamorizing being chronically ill and disabled. This is the best way Iโve learned to accept and cope with it though
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