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Doctor Beverly Crusher @SpaceDocMom The only people who think that painful, debilitating health conditions "build character" are the ones who don't have to deal with those conditions on a daily basis. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked 3:41 PM · Apr 1, 2024

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Even if things are terrible right now, they won’t stay this way. You’ve been through this before, and you always come out the other side. You will be okay.

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The beautiful thing as you get older is that you realize so many “rules” are made up and you can just do whatever. Posters can go anywhere in the house not just my room. I can sit down while cooking a meal or taking a shower. I can make the same thing for breakfast lunch dinner for a week straight. I can roam around the house shirtless. I can wear a dress with jeans. The world is my oyster key word my and I can live as I please embracing little things such as this

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You’ve grown into someone who would have protected you as a child. And that is the most powerful move you made.

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shoutout to everyone with forget disorders (adhd, DID/osdd, ptsd/c-ptsd, asd, dementia/alzeheimers, schizophrenia, other psychotic disorders, major depressive, chronically ill/phys disabled people with brain fog, people with long-Covid, natural memory degradation, and etc.)

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"You’re so polite" thanks i was raised in constant fear of upsetting people.

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list of things abled people think are so funny or creepy that it's societally normalized to either make fun of people with them, or to be disgusted by people with them, to the point that if you bring it up people will roll their eyes and tell you you're nitpicking

- strabismus (eyes are not in alignment. you call this cross eyed)

- lazy eye (reduced vision in one eye. you call strabismus lazy eye but it's not. a lot of people with lazy eye also have strabismus however, and a lot of people with strabismus have lazy eye, as both conditions can lead to each other. regardless, lazy eye is lazy eye and strabismus is strabismus. the medical term for lazy eye is amblyopia)

- ptosis (heavy eyelids, especially when one droops more than the other)

- facial paralysis (lopsidedness and inability or difficulty making facial expressions) and weakness (i have fucking concerned, morose bloodhound face and talk out of the corner of my mouth, does that explain it)

- twitching and jerking

- twisting movements of the body- especially when it's the head and neck are the ones i see ableism about the most

- stroke symptoms, particularly the speech issues but also everything else, like the teetering to one side/lack of balance/walking like you're drunk. and the weak face, different gait, and wrist drop.

- different ways of walking but the ones i see made fun of the most are waddling, teetering, and shuffling. the way zombies and monsters move is also relevant here.

- scoliosis (spine curves either in an s or a c), kyphosis (the term you might recognize is hunchback), and lordosis (back dips). bonus for getting made fun of AND for being in a multitude of horror movie monsters, villains, and monster designs

- intellectual disability, developmental disabilities, and brain damage in general

- drooling.

- going to go ahead and throw in incontinence here

- bent wrist when you can't call it elegant because it's being held to a chest, knocking against the thigh or knee, or can't be moved out of position

- hands clenched or held in strange positions (mine always does the fucking rock on gesture????)

- claw hand, most commonly seen in horror and villains. (this term refers to a hand that makes a claw shape. the fingers bend up. it hurts, so fucking badly, in case you were wondering)

- jittery, robotic incremental pauses in between movements. there is a medical term for this but i can't read right now. you see this in monsters a lot.

- wheezing, strangled laughter, as of someone who has problems fucking breathing.

- hypotonia (low muscle tone) and hypertonia (high muscle tone). muscle floppiness and rigidity are commonly seen in zombies

- nystagmus (eyes shaking or jerking)

- tics

- shaking and tremors

- floppy neck

- seizures

- different voices. flat affect, straining, nasal tone, speaking slowly, and breathiness, for example

hm

all of these are neurological (brain, spine, nerves, muscles) symptoms.

and i'm probably missing some, even.

be thankful your muscles fucking work.

edit: this post is solely about neurological issues please don't add anything that isn't neurological (spine, brain, nerves, muscles) thank you

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i'd play in the creek now as an adult. i'd sit in the stream and collect rocks for a while

#hell yeah #used to do this when i was eighteen #because i was depressed and i didn’t give a fuck #it helped though

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Non spoonies don’t get it.

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I just need to sit by the sea I just need to sit by the sea I just need to sit by the sea I just need to sit by the sea I just need to sit by the sea I just need to sit by the sea

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can we heal together? by being nice and honest? by being respectful and lovely? by healthy communication about our needs and thoughts? by having quality time together and me time? by kisses and touches? by supporting each other?

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Toasty

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may we find the strength and courage we need to leave situations that are not good for us

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Stop shaming people for being passionate about the things that they love. Stop mocking people for having unusual interests. Like, honestly, I’m so tired of feeling embarrassed for being "too much". If being too much means having deep interests that fill my life with romanticism and excitement, then let me be!! I’d much rather listen to anyone ranting about their latest obsession with 16th century swords than have a boring ordinary conversation with those who shame passionate people.