top of the Morn to you. ☕️

Doctors should believe your stated suffering and symptoms without needing you to perform those things in front of them. Yes it helps if we can measure them in action, but I believe you either way. 🖤💙😷🥄

Don't be afraid to burn bridges that lead to terrible places full of nothing but pain and torment. There are better bridges out there.

Fiction is for feeling good in your heart and soul, but science is for actually treating your medical needs and protecting you from dangerous pathogens. 🖤💙😷😷😷😷😷🥄

You are allowed to firmly say, "No," to many more things than you think.

Empathy and kindness are not finite resources.

Beware of the sunk cost fallacy in any medical treatment; it's okay to discontinue/alter things that aren't working even if you've put a lot of resources in. Some treatments take a long time to show success, but avoid chasing things that clearly don't work down the drain. 🖤💙😷🥄

Chronic pain is any pain that doesn't go away after an initial injury has been fully treated. That's it. It's not about whether someone else has more or different pain than you. Don't let anyone gatekeep you away from that term. It's okay to say you have chronic pain! 🖤💙😷🥄

I am proud of you every day that you work to defend your entirely reasonable boundaries.

What if the reason you're afraid to let your works be seen is because deep down part of you knows that when everybody is joyfully astonished by your talents, you'll have to acknowledge them yourself?

If your era would just implement a universal basic income, so many of you would finally get some real rest and then be able to do bigger, bolder, better things afterwards. 🖤💙😷🥄

Nobody should have to continually argue for their basic right to exist. If you are part of a group forced to do that then please know I am on your side and wishing a world with less bigotry for your future.

It's okay for you to be frustrated and/or angry about your disabilities/chronic illnesses. That doesn't give anyone else permission to be frustrated/angry at you about any of it. 🖤💙😷🥄

Harm does not require intent.

"If we cannot learn to actually enjoy those small differences, to take a positive delight in those small differences between our own kind, here on this planet, then we do not deserve to go out into space and meet the diversity that is almost certainly out there." ~ Gene Roddenberry

If you ever need to feel like a magical unicorn, I keep glittery unicorn headbands in my desk drawer. Technically they're for cheering up kids who are spooked by sickbay, but I don't put an age limit on comfort or joy. You can come sparkle in sickbay anytime you need to. 🖤💙😷🥄🦄

I'm embracing this more and more everyday.

Once again I have I scooped up some extra gold stars out of the cosmos for those of you who took your meds and hydrated today! And if you haven't yet, do it now so you can have extra gold stars too! 🖤💙😷🥄 ⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️ ⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️ ⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️🌟✨⭐️

Apparently many of you enjoy it when I say, "Make it so." With that in mind: set your course towards being kind to yourself today. Make it so.

Day 124 of inserting a Muppet into a Star Trek screenshot #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #TheMuppets #SesameStreet

It is nearly universally useless to be told to "calm down" because that edict in and of itself rarely does anything to address why someone is upset in the first place. You are not required to obey emotional directives issued by people who are attempting to manipulate you for their convenience.

Whenever you feel lonely in your health conditions, reach out to others because I absolutely guarantee you are not alone in that illness. Even rare diseases have enough similar symptoms with others for folks to form supportive communities. You are not alone. 🖤💙😷🥄

My sickbay is always a safe space for vulnerable people, in every possible way I can manage. 🖤💙😷🥄

Multiple things can be true at the same time without negating each other. You can be experiencing real, valid suffering and someone else can be experiencing something worse with neither of you negating the other's truth or legitimacy in any way.

I'm writing you a prescription for whatever comfort food you like and can manage to get for yourself today. 🖤💙😷🥄

Trauma is a dark beast that freely lurks about in the shadows of your mind no matter how much you imagine you have it under control, even when all four lights are on.

Your self-defined identity in any given moment is valid and you're allowed to change that on the fly. Others readily shift between self-definitions as they go home from work, dress up for events, and so on. You can too. Don't let systemic inequities pigeonhole you. Be yourself.

"I don't want to," is always a good enough answer for any social request. You don't need excuses beyond that. Anyone who doesn't respect your, "I don't want to," is not worthy of your friendship or social time. You are allowed to say, "No." 🖤💙😷🥄

Go take a nap. Get some rest. Naps are good for you. Rest is essential. Neither is a waste of time. Let go of that capitalistic notion of always having to be productive. Get somewhere soft and cozy and let yourself drift. Print this out as a prescription if you need to. 🖤💙😷🥄

You are entitled to expect more than the bare minimum of respect, safety, and inclusion from those around you, especially if you are ensuring you are giving abundant supply of those things to others.

Dear people of 2026: this still hasn't changed. People are still dying and being disabled by your ongoing pandemic. Vaccines are great but filtering masks are variant-proof. Your economies, politics, and daily lives are already suffering from this mass disabling event. 🖤💙😷🥄

I'm so proud of you on the days when you do all the things you need to do to take care of yourself. I'm also proud of you on the days when you can't. It's okay to have bad days. 🖤💙😷🥄

You are not required to use your personal time to educate random adults in basic civility. You are allowed to block without discussion first and save your time for kinder people.

Y'all when I tell you that this current paradigm of "AI" being shoved down our throats does real, persistent harm, and that said harm will fall first on the most marginalized and then on everyone else, this is the shit I mean. I mean god DAMN.

Making artistic modifications to your mobility aids is a wonderful way to bring joy into your life and express yourself. I hand out extra lollipops to anyone who shows me their decorated devices! 🖤💙😷🥄🍭

Stop believing the poisonous words of those determined to keep you down.

Learn to trust your inner voice. If you cannot, you have my permission to add my voice alongside your inner voice but only to tell you wholesome things such as how I am always proud of you, how I know you've got this, and giving you permission to be your true self.

I'm never disgusted by the many substances humanoid bodies produce, nor the ailments they suffer. I'm only disgusted by the bigoted attitudes some minds concoct and some mouths spew. 🖤💙😷🥄🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Generally speaking, doctors only see health-privileged patients when they're feeling their worst and chronically ill patients when they're feeling their best. Chronically ill folks often can't even make it to see a doctor when at their worst. More doctors need to understand this. 🖤💙😷🥄

Those who think that being multi-gender inclusive and respectful is somehow difficult have no place in Starfleet. If diverse inclusion is truly that challenging for you, our most mundane of daily missions are well beyond your abilities.

People who have endured too much trauma with insufficient support learn to assume they are a burden that nobody values. They can't see how much we love and cherish them because love is so far outside of their experience, they can't imagine it being a real thing at all. 🖤💙😷🥄❤️‍🩹

12/02/2026 Jean-Luc Picard @SpaceDadSupport Incoming Transmission... Toxic positivity is victim blaming and I won't abide it anywhere under my command. (graphic is incurring internal server error)

Bluesky appears to be having issues...I can't post in @spacedadsupport.bsky.social today. Let's see if I can post here on main.

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Not only are those of you with chronic fatigue and similar issues not "lazy", you're actually doing way more work just to get through the basic days that health-privileged people take for granted. I acknowledge and honor your daily struggle. 🖤💙😷🥄

You are entitled to protection when you are vulnerable, and likewise obligated to do your part within your means for others in turn. This is how we build strong communities, by helping and protecting each other.

New Star Trek.

Do not burn out your engines trying to achieve or maintain peace with those who contributed to your trauma but have done nothing to aid you in your healing.

Health care should be a like a hug: always coming from a place of compassion and understanding, always requiring consent, designed from start to finish to make people feel better inside and out. 🖤💙😷🥄🫂