posted on Oct 25, 2025
Being chronically ill is so hard. It feels like very few people around you actually recognise that you're even disabled. Worse yet? Your doctor is also likely to think youre a hypochondriac while you try to figure out what's going on. The underlying message a lot of spoonies recieve about our experiences and bodies is that: "Your experiences of your body cannot be trusted". The sad thing is? You probably spend the first few years of your chronic illness convinced that you're just being overly paranoid. There's nothing wrong with you! They're right, you're just overthinking it.
posted on Aug 19, 2025
I recently came across an Instagram Reel showing this girl doing all these daily tasks in a very frantic manner. Brushing her teeth with vigor. Cleaning the dishes at 1000mph. Running around the house rather than walking. Moving around with tensed up shoulders, as if bracing for impact 24/7. For each one of these examples, she immediately showed the regulated, softer and more relaxed example of each. That's when I realized: I do all these things and more, and that It directly links to my cPTSD informed nervous system.
posted on Jul 13, 2025
I've noticed something recently: I'm frequently overwhelmed. Worse yet? My capacity for hobbies that used to nourish and recharge me are so low that I cant really engage with any of them. And honestly? I'm starting to think it's that damn phone. I've starting to realise something: the internet used to be an escape for me. Now? I feel like its a weight thats dragging me down. A magnetic pull away from my hobbies, clarity and agency. I end most days completely exhausted and with no capacity to really think.
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Thinkymeat
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Just a late 20s
transfemme with a passion for academia, science, politics and coding.
