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anyone else ever think about where they would be if they werent sick?
couldve graduated high school, couldve gone to university, couldve had a job, travelled, practiced my skills regularly, chased my passions..
I feel like most able bodied people see wheelchairs as the worst thing that could happen to a person. When I discuss my want to have a wheelchair for various reasons, most peoples first reaction is to be surprised that I could voluntarily consider that.
But what they fail to consider is that, unlike them, I very much hate walking. It causes me pain and fatigue, it is a miserable experience.
So to any able bodied person reading this, yes some wheelchair users like walking, some want to gain that ability back, but that does not invalidate the feelings of wheelchair users who absolutely hate walking.
reaching out for help feels like this:
“hi, i know i need help and i am not coping.. and i dont know what to do that will help me”
“well what do you need from us exactly? what do you want me to do?”
“i dont know…?”
“well i cant do what you dont ask for”
“great.”
how do other chronically ill/disabled people answer the “what do you do for a living/are you at university/do you travel” type of questions when you cant do any of those at the moment 😭
i feel so pathetic and stupid being like.. ermm i do none..! i just.. yk.. try to keep myself alive
the way that when youre a young adult who is disabled/chronically ill older people often say things like
“just wait until youre my age”
“you young people are so soft now”
“when i was your age i wouldn’t have complained like this”
but when a child is disabled they consider it tragic, what do they think happens to disabled children do they not grow up to be disabled young adults? 😭