Holy Shit Oh My God Do U Have Any Advice/tips For Someone With Chronic Pain (in The Lower Body Area,

holy shit oh my god do u have any advice/tips for someone with chronic pain (in the lower body area, legs etc) that lives in a two story house?

i usually use a cane when the pain is bad, but its super impractical around the house 😔

from yours truely, an extremely sore 🪿

Aaahhhaa my my, I LIVED IN A TWO STORY HOUSE WHEN I WAS DIAGNOSED, LET'S GO

Climbing up the stairs on hands and knees was often the only way I could get up..which is probably Not what you wanted to hear lol

Relying on handrails/leaning on them

Taking your time, and not being afraid to rest

...alternatively just saying fuck it and moving up as fast as possible to minimise the amount of time spent in pain ahhah

Sometimes just using the cane up the staircase can make it easier

Cane on one side, hand rail on the other moves the pressure into your shoulders and upper arms

Taking painkillers regularly / getting medical help with the pain

If you can afford it: regular non medicinal treatment, like physio, massage, acupressure/acupuncture can help make it less painful on the regular

Arnica cream helps with bruising and can help make pain lesssen

Using a TENS machine is a safe, non medicinal way of disrupting the pain signals from reaching your brain. It feels a little weird at first (like having ants crawl over your skin), but it really, really helps (especially when moving up the stairs)

I'd strap my knees constantly to help stabilise the knee caps and the joints, same with ankles.

If you get pain in your knees, squeezing your glutes, and making sure as much of your foot is on the stairs as possible can take the pressure off them as much

There's some really good resources online if you do some digging - looking at physiotherapist's suggestions especially.

We eventually had to move houses because I became too disabled to move around the house on good days, let alone bad days.. I really, really hope it doesn't get to that point with you. Sending love, 🪿

Heartstopper season 3, episode 4.

I knew this would be rough, but I'm bawling. Charlie has always been relatable, but this is...wow.

I dislike the puzzle piece symbolism for autism due to its connotations with AutismSpeaks and the way it suggests autistic people need to be solved....

but it's a possible take for DID; viewing your system as little pieces of greater whole? maybe?

We're whole on our own, as individuals.. but simultaneously, we're disassociated pieces but we do make a greater picture.? Hmm

I do prefer the venn diagram in a larger circle because it shows individually whole pieces that make up a greater whole. One of our sys says it's time to go try make a system logo/symbol haha

I think for now we'll stick to constellations for our own system, but what do y'all think? What's your favourite system symbolism and why?

//this post is aimed at CDD/traumagenic systems//

I wanna be a librarian so bad

Heartstopper s3 episode 6 (Body); Charlie has self harm scars

Goddamn did the make up dept do a good job, they were RAISED in places, gods. I know what they look like lmao.

HEARTSROPPER SEASON 3 DAYYYYY