Chronic Illness Humor

when you're finally about to die but your friend starts doing cpr 1 - guy giving cpr and his ghost is like 'bro wtf are you doing' 2 - ghost looking upset 'stop it'

@twitchyspoonie I really wish people understood how much power there is in claiming the word 'disabled' and letting go of the shame we're taught to have about our bodies and brains. Disabled isn't a negative word. It connects us to a community, culture & identity that is powerful."

@twitchyspoonie on x

a sign on a building next to a balloon - ah, morning...the thrill of discovering which part of my body has randomly decided to betray me overnight Honest Pep Talks

me: i have a headache. web md: [pic of dwight shrewt opening a coffin and saying 'just get in the coffin' mybodyistryingtokillme.com

all other organs: working their asses off to keep me alive immune system: burn it to the ground all other organs: [guy from colonial times saying 'pardon me what the f*ck] mybodyistryingtokillme.com

@eloquents - do u ever just take your meds (maybe) and then immediately can't remember if you took your meds or not... .... did i take them or did i just drink water, i don't know

that feeling when u eat one veggie... [pic of woman doing yoga or meditating] new body who dis i am so healthy fit fam my body is a temple you can't touch dis i'm so fucking zen rn know your worth hun

you are not your diagnosis [ a sticker with a pill bottle ]

A cute sticker I saw on Etsy

when someone tries to insult me by saying 'i'm not a doctor, but its a compliment because i'm not the 3rd leading cause of death in the country. [pic of woman breathing in the cool ocean air]

blue circle - people who are heat intolerant pink circle - people who are cold intolerant there is a slight overlap 'people who can only tolerate a very specific range of temperatures, like a delicate orchid'

Born to say 'that is the stupidest shit i've every heard,' but forced by society to say 'huh. underwater yoga? i guess i'll research it' mybodyistryingtokillme.com

Remember when you were so sick you couldn’t stand long enough to make food? When your limbs felt like wet concrete, your body begged to stay still, and every task felt like climbing a mountain you didn’t have the strength for? That’s the fatigue many chronically ill people carry quietly every single day. @dear_chronic_pain

@dear_chronic_pain on insta

I love saying “I’m just not feeling great today,” like there’s been a single day in the last few years that I have. mybodyistryingtokillme.com

if you wanna be my lover you gotta get with my cryipping cycle of chronic illness, pain, and depression mybodyistryingtokillme.com

*pushes symptom back into my body* not now

Wow. That's unspirational. [background - a beautiful sunset upont he water and hills and shrubbery] have a flare. you've earned it. now go lay in the dark and think about what you did. mybodyistryingtokillme.com

Wow. That's not very inspirational.

5u5 - thats just the way the pussy crumbles synthgay responded please see a gynecologist

It's not supposed to crumble

[a painting of a woman collapsed on her couch] i can handle anything that comes my way....except for when I'm fatigued, in pain, hungry, itchy, overstimulated, breathing, or awake mybodyistryingtokillme.com

@meaningfulcolours [geometric colorful design as background] someone may have it "worse", but that doesn't mean your struggles aren't valid. Pain is pain.

@meaningfulcolours on Insta

Source: fanon-and-canon on tumblr "you always having something wrong wtih you" well yea, no shit. it's like i'm chronically ill or something

Source: fanon-and-canon on tumblr

I'm gonna say “Bloody Mary” three times into the mirror just to have a fellow f*cked-up-peson to talk to

I want a new body and $5 million. Nothing unreasonable.

[xray of 2 arms and hands and fingers are separated from the wrists @milenkadraws - oh thats just normal for women. try taking ibuprofen or maybe losing weight

[background is the ocean and maybe a bit of land] "your body is a temple." my body is, at best, a bouncy castle that is slowly deflating.

background is the ocean so what are your likes and dislikes? Me: I like to sleep. I dislike being awake. My hobbies include sleeping, thinking about sleeping, and falling asleep when I'm supposed to be awake. mybodyistryingtokillme.com

[background is sunset] this medication will improve your symptoms briefly.... before introducing several new ones. mybodyistryingtokillme.com

Well, that's not inspirational 😂

[pic of woman talking to her aunt and holding her hand] chronically ill woman exasperatedly explains her illness to aunt again mybodyistryingtokillme.com

Bring a Powerpoint 🤣

Just because I look well does not mean I am well. Some illnesses are invisible. facebook.com/JoysMentalHealthMission

Source: JoysMentalHealthMission on FB

[colorful background] PEOPLE CAN BE SO QUIET ABOUT THEIR PAIN, THAT YOU FORGET THEY ARE HURTING. THIS DOESN’T MEAN WE AREN’T IN PAIN, IT SIMPLY MEANS WE DON’T WANT TO BOTHER YOU WITH IT AND WE DON’T WANT TO KEEP SAYING THE SAME THING OVER AGAIN @itschronicthing_

@itschronicthing_ on Insta

[pic of coach from glee (my doctor)] I'm gonna share a thought that is so frickin' stupid and dismissive mybodyistryingtokillme.com