You don’t actually support disabled people if your support is conditional.

‘Tis the season for wondering if I’m coming down with something or if my chronic illness is flaring

To the people that treat disabled people like we’re nothing:

You’ll either be disabled eventually or have an early death. Hope this helps.

Dear medical professionals,

You aren’t always right. My health is more important than your ego.

Taking pain medication for chronic pain is not a moral failure. Taking psychiatric medication for mental illness is not a moral failure. Taking any type of medication for any chronic illness is not a moral failure.

BPD involves intense/rapid emotions, intense relationships, fear of abandonment, dissociation, impulsivity, SH, paranoia, anger, and identity struggles

You can:
• Validate them
• Offer to go to treatment with them
• Set healthy boundaries
• Educate yourself
• Learn triggers

“Many people wouldn’t be disabled if the world was more accommodating”

Yes, we would. I would still have my illnesses. Accommodations can help in some ways, but if I wasn’t disabled, I wouldn’t need accommodations to begin with.

The weird thing about becoming disabled and chronically ill is that I still feel the age that I was when I got sick. Years are passing, I’m watching myself age, but I’m not living.

I wish all chronically ill and disabled people a very “family isn’t gaslighting you or making light of your disabilities” holiday season

No, I’m not “special ED.”
I’m not “differently abled.”
I’m not “handicapped.”
I’m not “special needs.”
I’m not “handi-capable.”

I am DISABLED. It isn’t a bad word, and it is never something I’ll be ashamed of saying.

I feel seen

this chronic illness shit has got hands

Yes, yes, I know that if I just drank a cup of herbal tea, my illness would be cured, <sarcasm> but I love all of my disorders way too much to abandon them like that.

“You’re on so many medications. Do you really need them all?”

Yes, I do. How about minding your own business while I treat my illnesses? Thanks.

Disabled and chronically ill people are allowed to enjoy things and do things they like (if they’re able) while still being sick and disabled. Yes, even if they aren’t employed. Hope this helps.

I am disabled. If I am telling you my limits, it isn’t a suggestion. It isn’t a “maybe.” It’s a boundary that I will not cross for you.

Chronically ill people not constantly speaking about how terrible we feel does not mean that we are comfortable. We’re hiding it because most people don’t want to listen.