"Whilst I'd like to chisel away at these #fears, I don't want to say that I'm 'getting out of my #ComfortZone '..As someone who's #ChronicallyIll, life can feel like hell overnight, so it's esp precious to have some comfort to fall back on.": buff.ly/gBz9viI #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #spoonie

"The answer didn’t come all at once. It came in fragments..slowly, I stopped seeing #authenticity as a performance of #identity & started seeing it as a practice of #alignment. Not becoming someone new. Just becoming more #honest about who I already was.": buff.ly/KEEQeuj by @thethrivingspoonie.com

"I feel #jealous of others, even those in #wheelchairs who can use their arms to propel them forward, as my arms are becoming weaker. I feel #envious of others my age who can do a full day of #work ..then go out..to a yoga class": buff.ly/EQ3oMsf by @trippingtreacle.bsky.social #ChronicIllness #MS

“There are #friendships that sparkle in the sunshine & then there are the ones that hold you together when the sky caves in. The older I get, the more I realize the 2nd kind is the rarest — & the most sacred.”: buff.ly/k38Shh4 by flareflourishf #ChronicIllness #community

"The altered #microbiota incl higher levels of flagellated bacteria, which are known to activate the #ImmuneSystem & promote #inflammation. The #researchers also observed that more #bacteria were coming into..contact with..gut lining.": buff.ly/cg846mT via sciencedaily #GutHealth #BabyFormula

"L-theanine in itself has been proven to have many #HealthBenefits..Studies have also shown that #LTheanine at certain dosages can help to promote #relaxation while awake, through an increase in alpha waves & #GABA synthesis.": buff.ly/68asd87 for @SpectraSpray #StressRelief

"If u r considering adding #RedLightTherapy to yr #recovery arsenal, rmb..1st, nail the basics. No amt of #RedLight will compensate for poor #sleep, inadequate #nutrition, or improper training. 2nd, invest in quality..3rd, be consistent.": buff.ly/z2wGXId via @lifehacker.com

"I couldn’t do anything except lie in bed..when I wasn’t at #work. I couldn’t even #JobHunt because the pain & fatigue were so severe that I couldn’t think straight. I ended up quitting with nothing lined up.": buff.ly/xZTx541 via TheMuse #ChronicPain #disabled #spoonie

"The kicker? U can’t feel a thing while it’s happening. No #pain. No drama. Just an #ImmuneSystem quietly sharpening its knives. The study even picked up early spikes in #immune messengers..call the body’s army to attack its own": buff.ly/aeOPCDn by mylivinghell #MS #MultipleSclerosis

“Take time to #breathe, if I feel it’s all getting too much I turn everything off and just sit and close my eyes and breathe slowly, it’s like hitting the reset button for me. - wheeliefums.bsky.social .”: buff.ly/NOWHmtr #mindfulness #ChronicPain #MentalHealth #spoonie

"Antibiotics don’t treat #viruses. That #cold, that #flu —those are viruses, and using #antibiotics when you don’t need them contributes to #AntibioticResistance. That’s a big deal.": buff.ly/3XZiydU via @sciam.bsky.social

@achronicvoice.com I have a question I use a rollator, not a walker, and I'm looking for a tray that I can attach to the front so I can sit in my rollator and sit things on it in front of me or eat lunch. All the ones I see are meant to go on the back but I need one that attached to the front

“I find I have to ask my #doctor if it could be this or that. I have to suggest that he order an x-ray. It seems to be my job to come up with ideas. Since there is an #infection, maybe there is an underlying #disorder?”: buff.ly/ZPpEBvY via @painnewsnetwork.bsky.social #ChronicIllness #NEisVoid

“Apparently, folks like me have #oversensitive #NervousSystems that overreact to #stimuli. The culprit seems to be the #TrigeminalNerve, which I affectionately refer to as “that nasty bitch.””: buff.ly/OTrKGss #migraine #ChronicIllness By @laurainthebardo.bsky.social

"I’ll think how daunting it is to simply get cleaned up and dressed knowing how I’ll feel afterwards. I used to push myself and do it anyway. Now I’m realizing it takes too much #energy out of me, magnifying my pain & other symptoms. – Susan.”: buff.ly/FhtMaQI #ChronicPain #awareness #disability

“There are so many #assumptions about #language & how it relates to our ideas of humanness. I know there is a whole world within Paul & I wanted people to see it & #hear it. It is supposed to transcend language.”: buff.ly/Iy63vUe via @communitylivingmagazine.com #disability #music #humanity

“the order you eat your food does matter. Have your #vegetables or salad first..Then eat your #protein ; that signals fullness to your brain & sets up that dam to slow everything down..the carb or #sugar comes last..”: buff.ly/EKYs94L via @Harvard.edu #HealthyEating #diet

“When u fail at a #goal, your #brain doesn’t just forget & move on..“Each failed goal reinforces #NeuralPathways that make the next #failure more likely. You’re not imagining that it feels harder each time. It actually is.”: buff.ly/C1o0YKl from @leonho.bsky.social #neuroplasticity

"Never put anything in your #ears – even fingers or the tip of a towel can push #water, [ #EarWax ] & anything else trapped in your #ear deeper & worsen the problem. You might also scratch the delicate canal skin, increasing #infection risk.": buff.ly/CW6oAL9 via @theconversation.com #SwimmersEar

“By around the end of the first decade on Earth, our #cognitive capacity has leapt forward—and it arrives with increased risk of #MentalHealth disorders. The lights get brighter but so do the shadows.”: buff.ly/eO2sUz6 via @nautil.us #research #BrainHealth #MentalIllness

"This truly is my #LifeMotto. To keep asking life, "what is it you demand from me?" Because it always demands the very best. And I want to be life’s empty vessel; that emptiness is where one’s usefulness lies within.": buff.ly/2QlFsvc #LifeLessons #NewYear #PersonalGrowth #ChronicIllness

“If you’re #struggling, the common #advice is to push harder. Try more. Stay driven. Fight..it. This is the..promise of #HustleCulture & it sounds empowering until u realize it was never designed for people who live with variable capacity.”: buff.ly/0xUejdy By @thethrivingspoonie.com #disability

“If you want to be #disability #inclusive with your #writing, but you do not have that particular disability, then PLEASE, for the love of all things holy, Do. Your. #Research. If you’re a #writer, this should go without saying, right?": buff.ly/rQgnVkq By @dmcwriter.bsky.social

"“Don’t beat yourself up, just give your body what it needs right now. Rest, love and nourishment.” – Invisible_Hypo.": buff.ly/ay1wuCm #ChronicPain #healing #SelfLove #spoonies #ChronicIllness

“Having #paranoid #schizophrenia is like being in a hell so personal other people don’t even notice it. They just assume that you couldn’t possibly be so #unsocialized that u don’t have basic skills required to know u you’re unsocialized.”: buff.ly/bobgJk0 By m1a1thesockmonkey #MentalIllness

"On #ChristmasEve, Dizzy went for a potter. The snow crunched politely under her hooves & the world felt hushed, as if it didn’t want to wake anyone..That’s when she saw the ghost..It was small, pale & glowing softly..looking very #sad.": buff.ly/Xt6Rl1t by dizzythedonkey #BeKind #ChristmasSpirit

"If you are shopping for a #migraine #friend in your life & have never experienced a migraine attack yourself, sometimes it can be difficult to know what to buy them because not everyone has the same #triggers.": buff.ly/k5FPq9t by sarahlynn358 #ChronicPain #GiftGuide #ChristmasGift #migraineur

"What is interesting is that many of the body’s organs and tissues have receptors for #VitaminD. This suggests that #vitamin D plays important roles beyond #BoneHealth, although scientists are still trying to figure that out.": buff.ly/fLwOHiA for SpectraSpray #osteoporosis #vitamins

“We've had some people with #disabilities rolling on the floor because they can feel the #vibrations and that's how they feel the #music ..That's their way of enjoying [it]..Others sit & clap their hands.”: buff.ly/9yvvwBR from abcnews #disability #socialize

“His new career as a social #entrepreneur, he said with a chuckle, “beats my cubicle” and pays unexpected dividends. “It makes me better understand that #life can change in the blink of an eye.””: buff.ly/FpVjxHU from @theguardian.com #disability #accidents #mobility

“Because of the #emotional #stress, my physical pain increased. Ice and heat just weren’t helping anymore. My tens unit is worth more trouble than it’s worth and Hubby is much too tired to rub my back.”: buff.ly/jLHpa6D by ChronicallyContent #ChronicPain #depression #NEisVoid

CW: death . “there was something that the #child was #allergic to. He didn’t have an #AutoInjector. The #father told me that he sat there and felt his son’s heart stop as they were waiting for the paramedics. It just doesn’t leave u.”: buff.ly/bw9BvdK via kevinmd #allergy

" #HeatTherapy is underrated – it often works better than painkillers for me to relieve #menstrual #cramps. It is also great for certain types of #JointAches, especially when combined with magnesium for a good soak in a hot tub.": buff.ly/77L4yPN #ChronicPain #PainManagement

"Living with #ChronicIllness is a full-time job, and managing #pain is one of the most exhausting parts. There’s no #shame in using whatever tools help you function – whether that’s a lavender-scented bath or a medically prescribed plaster.": buff.ly/WvHcgb8 by @vikkyleaney.bsky.social #ChronicPain

"[Sleep] exists in creatures without #brains at all..This implies that #sleep is ancient & that its original & universal function is not about organizing #memories or promoting learning but more about the #preservation of #life itself.": buff.ly/ekHozpM via nationalgeographic

"This is the hardest part of being a #caregiver for me – the #emotional roller coaster. 1 min I am feeling great abt how well my wife is doing & the next..I am feeling down about how her #ChronicIllnesses are impacting her life.": buff.ly/gKs8y5k #ChronicPain #carer

"I’ve broken my routine into 3 tiers—high, medium & low energy. On a “ #BadDay,” I switch into my low-energy #routine without hesitation..I’m not failing if I choose the red day version—I’m being #wise.": buff.ly/WB6pXk1 by @thethrivingspoonie.com #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #adapting

““In fact, for many people with #ChronicPain conditions, it isn’t a problem in their life — it’s *the* #problem of their life,” he says. “It is hard to do anything else when you are in pain.””: buff.ly/3qwPEkC from @creakyjoints.bsky.social #InvisibleIllness #ChronicIllness #NEisVoid

"The #NervousSystem & #ImmuneSystem are in close communication..thru multiple pathways. Comparatively lower vagal tone (e.g., decreased #parasympathetic activation) has been found in many immune-mediated #inflammatory disorders.": buff.ly/Sbtgl2T via ACRheum #autoimmune

"I also get #inflammation in the blood vessels in my forehead, skull, neck, shoulders, face and jaws. Something I’ve found to be helpful are #guasha tools. They’re light, so they don’t hurt my hands.": buff.ly/n7mBhVT #PainManagement #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness

" #hobbies r not a consolation prize. They’re resistance. They’re reclamation. They’re our way of saying, “I still get to hv #fun. I still get to make beautiful, silly, weird, or wildly unnecessary things, just because I want to”": buff.ly/iCaZbpO by @unremarkableme.bsky.social #spoonie #disability

"It can be hard, then, to ever know: How much does our desire to be #alone come from a genuine desire to be with ourselves and how much is about avoiding the #unknown?": buff.ly/V41U6X5 via @behscientist.bsky.social #unpredictable #PersonalGrowth #solitude

“Get a #ShowerChair. I resisted this for a LONG time bcos I felt like it was ‘lazy’. I wish I had been kinder to myself. #Fainting in the shower is dangerous & even if you don’t #faint - #showering takes an absurd amt of energy.”: buff.ly/Uyn2mVh by @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social #POTS

"For #spoonies, #NewYear messaging rarely lands as neutral #motivation. It often feels like pressure disguised as possibility. And most #ChronicIllness new year tips still assume that more effort, more discipline, or tighter #routines are the answer.": buff.ly/Zc6qomo by @thethrivingspoonie.com

"I get my #resiliency from all the #adversity & #challenges..From having my home on fire at the age of 12 to coming to the USA at the age of 14 without speaking a word of English to #surviving #cancer twice by the age 23 and many other obstacles.": buff.ly/HVpbD71

"I wish #employers could look past the #disability and base #hiring decisions on someone’s experience and talent because #disabled people get college degrees and can be just as qualified, if not more than, non-disabled people.": buff.ly/YGoHUbt by myrockindisabledlife #spoonie

“To get better this year, means getting better today.” - @achronicvoice.com — The #LittleThings & #BabySteps do matter. #TakeCare of yourself in small ways today too 💕 For more #InspirationalQuotes for people w #ChronicIllness, visit: buff.ly/fp7dYT0

“First, take a deep breath. #Christmas is one day. One. 24 hours. 1440 minutes. Let’s also enjoy the other 364 days in the year. #Relax.”: buff.ly/pQYR3gi by yadadarcyyada #SelfCare #MentalHealth #ChronicPain

"Use a #SymptomTracker or #health diary - Document your symptoms in a structured way as #doctors need to see the data. It can #validate your experience and reveal patterns that even seasoned doctors might miss.": buff.ly/cU47hrS #ChronicPain via edsshare

"A nice, hot shower in the evening to wash the day away..A little treat which I now #appreciate & enjoy daily, after I wasn’t able to #shower when hospitalised for 2 months. & in a..#humid climate like #Singapore, that feels really gross.": buff.ly/tirVXSU #ChronicIllness