July is disability pride month!

cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/post/153661

By kashi cats

227 points · 3 comments · view on lemmy.world

3 Comments

jjmoldy@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I wish people would keep in mind that they can become disabled at any time for any number of reasons. I think the world would be a lot less hostile to us if they recognized that they might end up like us too.

Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 1y (1 reply)

This.

My brother and father died and all I got was Fibromyalgia at 34, probably due to traumatic grief. (Heroin OD and Brain Cancer are so fun to witness. /s

That's combined with burning out as a professional Cook for 23 years.

All combining with cPTSD.

replicator@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 1y

I got Fibromyalgia from a combination of depression and extreme stress. It's so hard to explain to people, since it sounds so alien and almost everyone thinks I'm being lazy or faking it.