Nd Culture Is Not Knowing If Your Lack Of Social Skills Is Why Nobody Has Ever Been Romantically Interested

YESSSSSS THANK YOU! I got diagnosed with juvenile arthritis when I was 8, and only just now got a mobility aid to help me, because since i've been in remission (touch wood) for the last 4-5 years, whenever I tell people I'm disabled they act really surprised or just... don't believe me... (for some reason)

But I'm so happy that this post showed up for me!

Friendly reminder that:

Young people can have arthritis too.

There are hundreds of life long conditions and diseases out there that are typically diagnosed between 12 and 30.

There is a vast difference between being tired and having chronic fatigue.

Just because you can’t tell that someone is unwell from looking at them, doesn’t mean that you should assume that they are ok.

Many chronic illnesses are life long, and incurable. Many of them are potentially fatal.

If you have a disease like Lupus, on good days you still feel like you have a bad flu, 24/7.

Many of the medications used to treat chronic conditions have side effects that can really affect someone’s self esteem - like extreme weight gain, skin changes and hair loss.

Most chronic illnesses have very little awareness - its unlikely that you’ve heard of Sjogren’s Syndrome, Scleroderma, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome or Fibromyalgia.

However these diseases can cause symptoms as varied as joint pain, fatigue, constant nausea, kidney failure, pneumonia, photo sensitivity, full body rashes, paralysis, strokes etc.

So please remember that invisible illnesses exist too :)

Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada. March 2023.

MEANWHILE, IN THE CRAB BREAKROOM...

Smorp: Ibble, what’s wrong? 

Ibble: *sigh* I’m just so TIRED! But it’s OKAY!!!! I’ll get a few minutes of sleep tonight and get BACK TO WORK HARDER THAN EVER!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!

Plee: I’m tired too. I know Grampa Thisp is proud of me for helping put together all these merch drops that Roberd is planning, but it really takes it out of a crab! The new schedule seems kinda unrealistic… 

Smorp: It’ll be okay, guys. I’m sure Brick will be back soon and things will go back to normal. 

Crink: Boy, I sure hope so. But I'm not so sure.

let's make soup, friends!

go ahead! but if you send me asks, please write the question out, I will not be able to memorize all the emojis lol

~ 💖 ASK GAME 💖 ~

📷 What’s set as your phone’s lockscreen?

🍫 Cheese or chocolate?

✨ Do you have any nicknames?

🎵 Last song you listened to?

✏️ Have you ever written fanfiction?

😏 Are you on discord?

 💛 Do you have any piercings?

🐰 What do you think says the most about a person?

🍪 If you were a cookie, what kind would you be?

🐶 Are you more of a dog person or a cat person?

🎧 Headphones or earbuds?

🌼 What’s the last thing you said out loud?

🙃 What’s a weird fact that you know?

🦉 Are you a morning person or a night owl?

🧸 Favorite place to nap?

🏳️‍🌈 Are you a member of the LGBTQIA+ community?

🦋 Describe yourself in three words.

👖 Jeans or sweatpants?

🥤 What’s your go-to Starbucks order?

🧡 A color you can’t stand?

💎 What’s your most prized possession?

☕ Coffee or tea?

🦖 Favorite extinct animal?

🌙 How long have you been on tumblr?

🌴 Desert island item?

🐸 Describe your aesthetic.

🔮 What’s your dream job?

💙 Relationship status?

🌿 Describe your favorite outfit.

🎤 Is there a song you know all the lyrics to?

🤎 What color is your hair?

💌 Do you talk to yourself?

💄 Do you wear makeup?

🌸 Best compliment you ever received?

💞 @ your favorite blog.

Reblogs are appreciated!

Just listened to 'Confrontations' in Jekyll & Hyde, and THAT SONG IS AMAZING!!! The deep parts of Hyde were so powerful, and the rapid switching was great! I especially love when notes were held and stretched out, send shivers all over my body! It also tells a really cool narrative.

oh my you will not believe it but i held something at arm's length and admired it.

So last week I tried moaning every time I ate something delicious.

It was vaguely uncomfortable and unnatural

As someone who has an 'invisible' disease, and who seems 'too young to be disabled,' when I was still on my journey to finding the right meds, I got a thing that allowed me to use disabled spots. (I now don't need it, as I am in remission.) If I was not in the great land of Canada, where our (unofficial) slogan is, "Be nice, we're Canadian." (at least what some people say) someone would have probably asked why I was using a disabled spot or that I didn't look it. Just because I'm not using a wheelchair or crutches or 'look disabled' doesn't mean I'm any less valid.

i hope you guys know defending disabled people's right to exist in public also involves defending disabled people's right to exist in public in ways that others might perceive as annoying, unpleasant, uncomfortable, and inconvenient at times. a blatant example is the "slow walker" thing. someone with tourette's syndrome who has issues with verbally ticcing is likely going to have trouble staying quiet in a public space where they're expected to be and doesn't deserve to be met with anger or punishing behavior for it. autistic children (and some adults) getting triggered into meltdowns due to an overstimulating environment. people with hearing problems having their phone on speaker while on a phone call. a wheelchair user taking up part of the road/sidewalk/aisle. people with autism, adhd, hearing problems, or other things that affect volume control having loud conversations. someone audibly talking to themselves, which can be attributed to many things. motor tics. dyskinesia. ataxia. pseudobalbar effect. the list goes on. some of thus may even be potentially triggering for your own issues if you're someone who's also mentally and/or physically disabled, but if you're well aware of how you can't help your response to it, you should be equally aware of how others can't help themselves either. people who aren't able to be disabled quietly and conveniently don't deserve to be punished or met with anger (or turned into a spectacle) for not deciding to shut themselves away.

Send to 10 other bloggers you think are wonderful. Keep this going to make someone smile. ☆♥

>:}

Drawing in the sand on the beach. Sunset Beach, Vancouver, Canada. March 2021.