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New church experience unlocked: my bishop is harassing me and my husband because I am chronically ill and majorly struggle to attend church meetings! He doesn’t seem to care that I have explained I have the life quality of someone with end stage renal disease 🥰
#lds #chronicallyill

I turned on Jack Black’s “Peaches” in the car today and turned it all the way up while singing it very aggressively and my husband stared at me like he’d lost the will to live

I have a client who BEYOND stresses me out due to recent events and they scheduled an emergency session for tomorrow and now I don’t wanna go to work 😅

(Note: I’m working through this with my clinical supervisor and my personal counselor, not just ignoring the problem, lol)

I know I’m not doing well when I start panicking when I open a book from Libby because I don’t think I’ll be able to finish it in the days left on the rental… like, I can literally just renew it or put it on hold again? It’s fine???

Thinking about the fact that I had to train my dad to say “I love you, too” and how that explains a LOT

My painting TIDAL WETLANDS

If I see anyone with a fucking “Tr*mp 2028” hat I will absolutely lose my shit

Today my dentist asked me if I have a connective tissue disorder.

MY DENTIST.

My dentist figured it out just from looking at my gums and my doctors—who get much more than that—took ELEVEN FUCKING YEARS.

Incredible.
#hEDS

Unfunny comedy is PAINFUL, not just boring

Currently trapped on the freeway near #Boise due to a crane that tipped onto the freeway 😬

Fun fact: my connective tissue surrounding my bladder has become really weak resulting in a tipped bladder, making me feel like I have a UTI all the time and giving the urinary continence level of a mother of 4 🙃
#hEDS

Tell me why this made me cry? I would love to have a friend like you

There is a doctor at our local urgent care who I desperately wish was a PCP bc he is INCREDIBLE at dealing with chronic illness and hasn’t questioned me once.

It kills me when people I have explained it to a thousand times still do this 🫠

I got yelled at by the parent of a client for enforcing our late cancel fee, today. They’re mad because “they’re a minor, they didn’t understand!” But, like, the parents signed the agreement. They knew 🙃

So, last night I told my mom that my husband thinks I’m #ADHD. And she just stared at me and said, “you are??? Do you not remember getting assessed in jr high?” Um????? No???????? I ADHDed so hard I forgot I got a diagnosis

Nobody told me a miscarriage could take up to 2 weeks. It’s only day 2 and I am straight up not having a good time

I got a positive pregnancy test 2 days ago.

I #miscarried today.

It’s technically a #chemicalpregnancy so I just have to wait it out. I didn’t even want to be pregnant, but this is SO HARD. The physical and emotional pain are really something 😕

Somehow I convince myself I am not allergic to coconut every 6 months or so only to be RUDELY awakened by the fact that I am when I try a sip of someone’s yummy smoothie or boba drink ☹️

I am lying on the floor panicking because I cannot give myself this shot.

You’d think that when your entire life is blood draws, IVs, and shots you’d be used to it, but having to give it to yourself really changes the game 🙃

Spongebob meme where it's an episode where SpongeBob's having a dream and Gary is on top of a body his normal body is a head. And he's talking to SpongeBob in a library and the meme caption says chronically ill people when someone asks about their health history

#Chronicillnessmemes
#ChronicPain #Disability

My whole office is terrified of that happening. I’m also very concerned about RFK’s opinion on SSRIs and antipsychotics 😬

It was worse! I dissociated so hard my husband couldn’t get my attention :) I had to use EMDR to process it in therapy :)

Its literally incredible. It takes several injections to really see improvement, but once it works its like nothing else

I just spent an hour panicking and occasionally crying as I tried to convince myself to self-administer my #Xolair shot.

It was over in 5 seconds. It stopped hurting within 30 seconds. I wasted a whole hour anticipating 35 seconds of pain.

Will I still panic next time? Probably.

Looking to connect with other #therapists who are struggling with the new Tr*mp administration. I live in a VERY rural area and its hard to find people to share with and find support in

#mentalhealthcounselor #lpc #lcpc #lcsw #lmsw #lmft

I really don’t know why the MAGA folks are so upset they moved the inauguration indoors. Like, it’s the capitol building you guys know how to get in.

#southeasternidaho / #canadian / #coldweather friends: any advice for how to keep my skin from cracking and bleeding when we’re in the negatives??? I thought wearing gloves outdoors would be enough but it absolutely isn’t. TIA.

Signed,
Someone who has never lived where it got below 0*F before

We’re MUCH more shy about posting things when we know our friends and family will see it. Heck, we’re even weird about who we follow bc we know our friends and family will see! TikTok took that way to some level

As my brother said: Can you spell ‘progaganda’?