Medically Induced Hermit
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• Spoonie🥄 • ❤️ Nature & Wildlife photos 📷 • #ME/CFS • Healthcare worker until disabled with multiple chronic illnesses & chronic pain • HERmit • Armchair Traveler • Slipping through the cracks = Medically Induced Hermit 😢😡 •
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I briefly wandered around my yard with my camera the other day, speed snapping pictures until the heat, fatigue, and pain ended my adventure. Almost didn’t see this little lonely one.
#Bloomscrolling #NaturePhotography #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain
#Bloomscrolling #NaturePhotography #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain
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4 Leaf Clover
June 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
4 Leaf Clover
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I'm Not Ignoring You, I'm Too Sick To Talk: A Memoir
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I'm Not Ignoring You, I'm Too Sick To Talk: A Memoir
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November 13, 2024 at 1:31 PM
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Part of what makes medical PTSD so painful for people experiencing chronic or complicated medical conditions is being at the mercy of doctors or others who often don't understand or believe what they are struggling w/ every day.
November 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Part of what makes medical PTSD so painful for people experiencing chronic or complicated medical conditions is being at the mercy of doctors or others who often don't understand or believe what they are struggling w/ every day.
Because of how my #ChronicIllness situation affects my body and brain, I can’t do groups anymore. Including holiday & family gatherings/meals. I’ve spent every holiday alone for over a decade. I mean, Hermit much? 🥴
But I’m glad that I have memories of The Kiddie Table AND of aging out of it, lol!😊
But I’m glad that I have memories of The Kiddie Table AND of aging out of it, lol!😊
November 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Because of how my #ChronicIllness situation affects my body and brain, I can’t do groups anymore. Including holiday & family gatherings/meals. I’ve spent every holiday alone for over a decade. I mean, Hermit much? 🥴
But I’m glad that I have memories of The Kiddie Table AND of aging out of it, lol!😊
But I’m glad that I have memories of The Kiddie Table AND of aging out of it, lol!😊
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We’re sorry, but The Void is full of screams today, so please try these alternatives:
- headbutt the sea
- have a dance battle with squirrels
- write a bad Yelp review of the moon
- mutter obscenities into your soup bowl
- headbutt the sea
- have a dance battle with squirrels
- write a bad Yelp review of the moon
- mutter obscenities into your soup bowl
November 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We’re sorry, but The Void is full of screams today, so please try these alternatives:
- headbutt the sea
- have a dance battle with squirrels
- write a bad Yelp review of the moon
- mutter obscenities into your soup bowl
- headbutt the sea
- have a dance battle with squirrels
- write a bad Yelp review of the moon
- mutter obscenities into your soup bowl
I need advice please.
My doctor often ignores that I have #ME/CFS, and occasionally gives harmful recommendations.
We’re considering that I may have Autonomic Dysfunction, and she told me to research Graded Exercises for POTS.
Is this more bad advice for ME/CFS that I need to protect myself from?
My doctor often ignores that I have #ME/CFS, and occasionally gives harmful recommendations.
We’re considering that I may have Autonomic Dysfunction, and she told me to research Graded Exercises for POTS.
Is this more bad advice for ME/CFS that I need to protect myself from?
For decades doctors, mental health professionals, and physical therapists have repeatedly told me to exercise, (and they still do). I did as I was told. It made my #ME/CFS permanently worse. Do No Harm?
#ME/CFS #PEM #ChronicIllness #Disability
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#ME/CFS #PEM #ChronicIllness #Disability
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Exercise Actually Makes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Worse
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November 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I need advice please.
My doctor often ignores that I have #ME/CFS, and occasionally gives harmful recommendations.
We’re considering that I may have Autonomic Dysfunction, and she told me to research Graded Exercises for POTS.
Is this more bad advice for ME/CFS that I need to protect myself from?
My doctor often ignores that I have #ME/CFS, and occasionally gives harmful recommendations.
We’re considering that I may have Autonomic Dysfunction, and she told me to research Graded Exercises for POTS.
Is this more bad advice for ME/CFS that I need to protect myself from?
I need a little reality break again, so I decided that this is my plan for Sunday.
I’m looking forward to spending all day on Saturday watching after school cartoons, Saturday morning cartoons, and cartoon specials from my childhood.
Just one day of checking out from real world crap to feel cozy in my colorful carefree nostalgic feelings. I need this in my life right now.
Just one day of checking out from real world crap to feel cozy in my colorful carefree nostalgic feelings. I need this in my life right now.
November 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I need a little reality break again, so I decided that this is my plan for Sunday.
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A stupid life lesson that I learned the hard way:
**Clear Flex Spray does NOT stay clear!** 🥴
It yellows 😡. Now I have some dumb looking “simple” home repairs. Leaky crack on my white shed and my white gutter? Now yellow spots showing where I fixed the leak, Argh!!!
**Clear Flex Spray does NOT stay clear!** 🥴
It yellows 😡. Now I have some dumb looking “simple” home repairs. Leaky crack on my white shed and my white gutter? Now yellow spots showing where I fixed the leak, Argh!!!
November 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A stupid life lesson that I learned the hard way:
**Clear Flex Spray does NOT stay clear!** 🥴
It yellows 😡. Now I have some dumb looking “simple” home repairs. Leaky crack on my white shed and my white gutter? Now yellow spots showing where I fixed the leak, Argh!!!
**Clear Flex Spray does NOT stay clear!** 🥴
It yellows 😡. Now I have some dumb looking “simple” home repairs. Leaky crack on my white shed and my white gutter? Now yellow spots showing where I fixed the leak, Argh!!!
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Plus, some people on SNAP are unable to prepare, cook, and clean up meals due to illness/disability/limitations. Not everyone has the choice to not eat those types of foods.
February 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Plus, some people on SNAP are unable to prepare, cook, and clean up meals due to illness/disability/limitations. Not everyone has the choice to not eat those types of foods.
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People believe when you become disabled, support magically appears
Many of them think assistance is provided based on how sick you are
It doesn’t work like that
There’s very little support available. You don’t get more when you have a setback… you’re on your own
We need better social supports
Many of them think assistance is provided based on how sick you are
It doesn’t work like that
There’s very little support available. You don’t get more when you have a setback… you’re on your own
We need better social supports
October 17, 2025 at 4:56 AM
People believe when you become disabled, support magically appears
Many of them think assistance is provided based on how sick you are
It doesn’t work like that
There’s very little support available. You don’t get more when you have a setback… you’re on your own
We need better social supports
Many of them think assistance is provided based on how sick you are
It doesn’t work like that
There’s very little support available. You don’t get more when you have a setback… you’re on your own
We need better social supports
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Purrple Cat 💜
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Purrple Cat 💜
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September 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Purrple Cat 💜
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Separate from other fluctuating #ChronicIllness symptoms, I’m always trapped inside during the hottest and coldest parts of the year because my body can no longer tolerate temperature extremes.
Seasonal relief is coming! I look forward to walking to my mailbox in less misery, lol. #Spoonie
Seasonal relief is coming! I look forward to walking to my mailbox in less misery, lol. #Spoonie
September 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Separate from other fluctuating #ChronicIllness symptoms, I’m always trapped inside during the hottest and coldest parts of the year because my body can no longer tolerate temperature extremes.
Seasonal relief is coming! I look forward to walking to my mailbox in less misery, lol. #Spoonie
Seasonal relief is coming! I look forward to walking to my mailbox in less misery, lol. #Spoonie
Kiddie Table! 🤣
August 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Kiddie Table! 🤣
#Caterpillar on the grapevine. #WildlifePhotography
August 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
#Caterpillar on the grapevine. #WildlifePhotography
August 22, 2025 at 5:03 AM
After I filled the bird baths yesterday, I walked around the yard with my camera for 15 minutes. I wasn’t trying to be stealthy, so the birds and critters hid away while I briefly invaded their territory, but I did find lots of bugs on everything.
#Grasshopper #WildlifePhotography
#Grasshopper #WildlifePhotography
August 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
After I filled the bird baths yesterday, I walked around the yard with my camera for 15 minutes. I wasn’t trying to be stealthy, so the birds and critters hid away while I briefly invaded their territory, but I did find lots of bugs on everything.
#Grasshopper #WildlifePhotography
#Grasshopper #WildlifePhotography
I love my shower chair!
First I had a stool with a small round seat. Now I have a chair with a larger rectangular seat, a back, and cushioned armrests. This thing is awesome! Makes my showers easier, more comfortable, and safer.
#ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #Disability #ME/CFS #Fibromyalgia
First I had a stool with a small round seat. Now I have a chair with a larger rectangular seat, a back, and cushioned armrests. This thing is awesome! Makes my showers easier, more comfortable, and safer.
#ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #Disability #ME/CFS #Fibromyalgia
August 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I love my shower chair!
First I had a stool with a small round seat. Now I have a chair with a larger rectangular seat, a back, and cushioned armrests. This thing is awesome! Makes my showers easier, more comfortable, and safer.
#ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #Disability #ME/CFS #Fibromyalgia
First I had a stool with a small round seat. Now I have a chair with a larger rectangular seat, a back, and cushioned armrests. This thing is awesome! Makes my showers easier, more comfortable, and safer.
#ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #Disability #ME/CFS #Fibromyalgia