There is still power here, in this body of mine.

your job is not making sure your kids make the "right" decisions

its your job to teach them how to research, think over, weigh options, discuss, and actually make their own decisions. its your job to teach them to identify emotions, desires, and needs. its your job to teach them to identify upset versus hurt versus uncomfortable. its your job to help them and be there for them when they inevitably make a bad decision. its your job to not judge when they make a choice you wouldnt make

you need to be actively working with them and modeling these consistently

Spin the wheel to find out what!

The first thing to know is that recognizing a delusion does not come easily- especially if you are not experienced in dealing with them. most people will only figure out that a belief is a delusion after the delusion has passed.

Here are some questions you can ask yourself:

Do trusted people in my life insist that one (or several) of my beliefs are not true?

Do I have a hard time backing up my beliefs with evidence? (particularly evidence that other people can agree with)

Are my beliefs consistent with my previous experiences? (e.g if you think your friend is trying to harm you, has that friend ever tried to harm you in the past or expressed that they want to harm you? is this a sudden change in character for them?)

Do I know what led to me believing this? (if this belief is new, do you know why you changed your mind?)

Do I have a hard time listening to other people's perspectives on my belief because my belief feels so obviously true?

Do I feel like other people are trying to lie to me or manipulate me when they offer alternatives to my belief?

yeah. maybe that would be fair to say about say, discrete viruses. but about syndromes?

like. the conditions of the human body don't know that they're taxonomically discrete. they don't know that they have different names or lists of symptoms. if a human body has a consistent issue with say, its heart rhythm, or its inflammatory response, or its glandular response, or immune system

the reason that ehlers-danlos syndrome (EDS), mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS), IBS (irritable bowel), autism, and even shit like coeliac and PMDD or endometriosis overlap is bc like. these are largely inflammatory issues or issues with the fascia

It's not "what the fuck, how can this person have all these different things wrong with them", bc these are largely like. syndromic definitions of how x bodily issue manifests in different systems, structures, or organs of the body

many of these conditions change in definition over time

and that's bc they're studied and understood more over time where people more meaningfully understand underlying causes and issues, such as through hormone or genetic profiles, or largely like. immune response

it's also how "rare" conditions become understood as more common over time

I'm getting evaluated for a wheelchair! Asked my physical therapist about it after I struggled to walk on my college campus.

I was told to research from what wheelchair brand (make?) I want to order but I don't know any prominent ones to even start doing research!

Could I get any suggestions I should look i to? Im planning to get a manual self propel wheelchair, im quite small and light, and I have medicaid

I would recommend going through all the links on this post. it's a compilation of links to information about every single part of a custom wheelchair.

I personally have a tilite aero z that I really like. the aero z was discontinued a few years ago and replaced with the nearly identical tilite z. I've heard good things about it but I don't have personal experience with it.

I've also heard good things about the ki mobility rogue2. there are people who I've helped get a wheelchair who have gotten this model and been incredibly happy with it.

I would not recommend getting a folding wheelchair unless you can absolutely justify it, and if you do get a folding wheelchair I would avoid the older models like the quickie 2. folding wheelchairs are heavier and have less momentum to them due to the folding mechanism making them harder and more inefficient to push. everyone I know who has gotten a folding chair has regretted it.