People die on the job every summer. Remember that water and shade breaks are crucial when working in the heat, and calling emergency services for signs of serious heat illness (fatigue, nausea/vomiting, headaches, dizziness, clammy skin, confusion, agitation, slurred speech, high body temperature, rapid heart rate, etc.) is entirely appropriate. If you’re afraid to call 911 for reasons such as being undocumented, you’ll need to get very familiar with how to prevent, recognize, and treat heat illness. If you are symptomatic and not allowed a break, water, or medical treatment, walk out. No matter how broke you are, your job is not worth your life.
Can we get more positivity for people with brfbs (body-focused repetitive behaviors)?
People with dermatillomania/excoriation (skin picking) who have “unsightly” scars
People with trichotillomania (hair pulling) who have thinning hair and/or bald spots
People with onychophagia and/or onychotillomania (nail biting and picking) who have trouble writing, typing, or otherwise using their hands because it causes them pain
People with rhinotillexomania (compulsive nose picking) who are seen as “gross,” “unclean,” or “juvenile”
People with any and all bfrbs who are told they’re “gross” and should “just stop”
You are worthy. You are loved. You are beautiful. Your condition does not make you bad or lesser-than. Your struggles matter.
hey I wanted to wish a very special disability pride month to every disabled person who’s getting worse. to people who are losing the ability to do things they used to do. people whose symptoms are increasing in severity. people who are developing new symptoms. people with degenerative and terminal disorders. people who are dealing with new disorders on top of preexisting ones. happy disability pride month to everyone who knows they’re not getting better. there’s nothing wrong with that, and you deserve to take pride as much as anyone else.
Wow, nothing says “We know we’re either actively breaking the law or ABOUT to start actively breaking the law” like an arbitration clause that says that a site’s users aren’t allowed to sue them if they break the law.
Unconditional love does not mean that you need to tolerate bad behaviours or things that hurt you. Unconditional love does not equal unconditional tolerance.
You don’t have to “make up” for your disability. Even if you never study, never work, never do anything independently, have zero special skills or talents and create nothing, you’re still a human being worthy of the love, support and care you need - and no level of disability will ever change that fact
Sometimes we feel like we’re failing because we recognize we’re hitting a bad patch again, or that we’re falling into bad habits. We feel like this erases all our progress. And it doesn’t. Recovery isn’t linear. But here’s another thing to think about… The fact that you can recognize that you are falling into that bad patch or those patterns is a sign of progress in itself.
you don’t talk too much. you aren’t too loud. you aren’t too needy. you aren’t too sensitive. you aren’t too this, or that. you aren’t too much anything. you will never be too much: you are you, and you are allowed to take up space. you are allowed to exist however you choose.
I was a pretty weird outcasted child so one of the greatest wonders of my adult life has been realizing that you can just go someplace and meet some people and casually make some friends, and they might not be in your life forever but you can hang out for a while, and then you can go somewhere else and do it again, and again, if it doesn’t work out no biggie, etc.
Also there’s no point in your life where the window on making friends just closes. You’re never going to hit an age where that’s that, you’re done making friends, you’ll never make another one again. Seems pretty academic but honestly I think it would have saved younger-me (and particularly university-aged me) a lot of stress and worry if someone had just sat me down and told me this.
Being loved is NOT a reward for being beneficial or useful in any way. You don’t become less deserving of being loved if you aren’t productive for a day or if you have a bad day and can’t get out of bed.
I promise. Being loved has nothing to do with how you “help” the world or those around you.
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