how do you tell someone "i'm not ignoring you i'm just disconnected from reality right now and the days are all blurred together and i feel completely apathetic towards everyone/everything around me so it's really hard for me to maintain a conversation" without saying that
To the parents who refrain from telling their children of their autism diagnosis out of fear they’ll think they’re “weird” or “different”:
Chances are that child already feels that way. And you hiding it will just reinforce the very idea you’re trying to prevent
being chronically ill is pushing yourself to your limits, experiencing pain and symptoms that would send a healthy person to the ER, genuinely harming yourself to push through, just to be told you’re not doing enough by people who fall apart completely when they get a cold lol
very cool experience to watch people extend grace and empathy to others in situations similar to yours that they never extended to you lol. like ohhh so it wasn’t that you didn’t understand it’s that you didn’t care when it was happening to me specifically lol
People;
"Why do Disabled People live on benefits and make no effort to get a job, why can't they earn money like the rest of us?"
Also, the same people;
"Why do Disabled People have to be paid for working? Why can't we just let them work for free?"