everytime i feel something even just mildly wrong with my body for more than a few minutes i immediately panic thinking that this might be a new chronic symptom...
which sucks, because that makes my heart rate go up with then causes even more of my regular symptoms
how do i get rid of this anxiety about new symptoms?
not being able to sleep due to pain sucks, because sleep is the one time i am not in pain
i love crocheting, but it messes with my wrists and makes them hurt even more, yet i refuse to give it up, because i don't want my illness taking another thing from me that i enjoy (especially since i can do it without leaving my bed)
grateful for everything my life is besides the illness
grateful for everyone i get to have close to my heart
grateful for everything i get to experience
i refuse to let being sick stop me from being grateful for the rest
me casually overdoing it on a low symptoms day and then wondering the next day why i feel bad
(will i ever learn? probably not)
perhaps i am simply a delicate spoiled houseplant but i don’t think having a fun productive day should give you multi-day hangovers
would love to make friends with some other chronically ill people!
some stuff about me:
i'm 19 and diagnosed with dysautonomia. i also got some chronic back pain and other stuff i'm trying to get checked out
feel free to message me if you aren't some creep :)
me: "i'm so fatigued and my brain fog is pretty bad"
healthy person: "stop complaining, i'm tired too"
your "tired" is not the same as my fatigued! sleep won't cure me, this is not how it works!
the urge the give my dnd character a chronic illness cause i want representation
started doing physical therapy again and my chronic pain got worse... really debating just quitting rn
should just start whacking peoples shins with my cane if they stare at me