Dear New England,

Dear New England,

Why the FUCK are you so goddamn humid. Like seriously bro chill I don’t need to be this damp ALL THE TIME. IDK bout you but if you were a anthropomorphized you wouldn’t like it either goddamn.

Sincerely,

Me- Consider-your-potatoes-mashed (and probably a hell of a lot of other people)

Use seat cushions! Wear your braces! Sit on the floor if you have to! Ask for adjustments! Use your mobility aids! Take your meds (even in public)!

These things are not embarrassing. What is embarrassing is grown adults not understanding that young people can be disabled.

You can be disabled and young. Disabled and hot. Disabled and angry. Disabled and a fucking superstar. Don't let the ignorance of others stop you.

Fuck abled people and their opinions on disabled bodies

My mother literally said to me that she “believes that I am choosing to be disabled and that she believes that I am healthier than I feel” like ma’am you are not in the same body as me you do not know it better than I do. Do you not think that I wasn’t to be healthier? Do you not think I’d rather not be in pain? You really think I’m choosing this? After saying that bull shit she goes on to say that she only wants the best for me and for me to “get well soon” and arugh I stg she really feels like one of those people who are like “don’t say disabled say differently abled” like gah no there are things I simply cannot do anymore I don’t do them differently I just can’t do them

Not my mom trying to walk with my crutches today and asking me if I can “do any fun tricks like idk spin around” with them.

Like

1. Don’t touch them. I didn’t say you could touch them and it’s disrespectful to mess with someone’s mobility aids

2. Don’t fucking play with them they are how I get around you could break them

3. Don’t touch my shit if I don’t say explicitly you can touch it

4. The fuck do you mean a spin??? Are you asking me to do a color guard toss or???

No I didn’t say any of this to my mother cause hahaha I hate confrontation and simply didn’t have the energy. I was literally IN THE MIDDLE OF A NAP that I desperately needed after going to the doctor.

Also Who’s gonna tell her not to barge into my damn room?? Evidently not me cause I’ve told her and she still doesn’t listen

I guess a good thing regarding my parents and my mobility aids is that they’ve just let me be and not questioned me too much though they do give me the “look” of “do you REALLYYYYYYYY need that”

hi ! you ! please don't blame yourself for the secondary effects of your disability. the weight changes are not your fault. the muscle atrophy is not your fault. the malnutrition is not your fault. the new/worsening mental health condition is not your fault. the low hygiene is not your fault. none of it is your fault!

are there areas of your self care that need improvement? of course, that's true for everyone! but it's hard to be kinder to yourself when you're disabled. sometimes we downright can't do things because of our disabilities. and it all snowballs and self perpetuates. that's not a moral failing - that's scary and difficult to go through!

you don't deserve blame, ridicule, or hatred. you just have limits. you just need support. and that's, morally, neutral. it's okay. you're not doing anything wrong, and i hope things get easier soon. give yourself a little more grace, okay?

I HATE cobbled streets with a passion OML my cane and crutches both struggle with them and keep slipping into cracks especially since it rained today