The statement “the only disability in life is a bad attitude” puts the responsibility for our oppression squarely at the feet, prosthetic or otherwise, of people with disabilities. It’s victim blaming. It says that we have complete control of the way disability impacts our lives. To that, I have one thing to say. Get stuffed.
Most people with chronic pain are never ‘cured’ [of their pain], and that’s a difficult thing to be told. Our society tells us if you’re in pain, you shouldn’t be,
Beverly Thorn, PhD, of the University of Alabama (via butyoudontlooksick)
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Source: webmd.com
Adversity builds character, after all. And nothing is as adverse as living your whole life with your own body as your arch-nemesis. If trial, suffering and determination are the only means by which one can acquire character, then, my sickly friend, you’ve got character shooting out your ass.
Robert Brockway
People who have been healthy their whole lives will tell you they’re glad they missed [the moment you got your diagnosis] — glad they’ve never been truly sick. But they don’t know, do they? They live their whole lives in a Disney movie, facing some form of external adversity that they know, deep down, they’ll ultimately triumph against. You? You’re not just a trial; you’re a puzzle. They’re Aladdin. They’re The Little Mermaid. You’re Memento. You’re motherfucking Inception.
Robert Brockway (via livingwithendo)
“The moment when your meds finally kick in is like jumping out of that Pinto and right into the warm, faux-leather seat of a lovingly maintained 1994 Ford Taurus. What? Did you think you were going to be a Ferrari or something? No, man: You’re still a piece of shit, but the important thing is you’re not going to explode.”
Read more: 5 Great Joys in Life That Healthy People Never Experience | Cracked.com http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-great-joys-in-life-that-healthy-people-never-experience/#ixzz1z2LqJajU
Pain is important: how we evade it, how we succumb to it, how we deal with it, how we transcend it.
Audre Lorde
Without pain, how could we know joy?’ This is an old argument in the field of thinking about suffering and its stupidity and lack of sophistication could be plumbed for centuries but suffice it to say that the existence of broccoli does not, in any way, affect the taste of chocolate.
John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
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A 21 year old student and ePatient advocate working to help others navigate through life with chronic pain, chronic disease, and disability. Sharing resources, advice, helping others find a voice and become empowered patient advocates. Raising awareness for Autoimmune Arthritis and Autoinflamatory diseases.
