chronic pain diagnoses are all like yeah we don't know what this is or why it happens. we also don't know how to treat it. good luck out there soldier

had a migraine so bad yesterday i started thinking it was a divine punishment

I will survive. Out of spite

Migraines are literally the stupidest thing in human evolution. "Oh no, we're experiencing too much Thing! Better send a rail spike through the skull and blind ourselves about it" like c'mon, man

GOD I just want to be CREATIVE but all my energy is being used to survive

this is one of those "you put it into words" kind of posts. right on.

I keep wondering why I'm not drawing and lamenting the lack of art in my life then I see a post like this and I'm like OHhh rightright right. The weight of the terrors.

Me as I lay in bed, longingly thinking of all the projects I have that I want to work on.

girl u r not making any sense i love u

This is literally just what migraine aura is like

the cure to self-sabotage is to anchor yourself to the universal truth that you are worth it. you are worth the effort. you are worth the difficulty, you are worth the time, you are worth the consideration. there is never a point in your life, in time itself, that you are not worth it. return to this truth when you feel yourself slipping. do not let it go.

“Ah sorry I’m just dumb” (having ADHD my whole life has meant that I’ve been criticised heavily for making mistakes that come part and parcel with the condition. Even the people I love most in the world have chastised me for mistakes that I spend much of my life worrying about and trying to avoid. It’s much easier to tell you I’m just a silly guy than explain to you that no matter how much effort, how much thought, how much stress I put into avoiding these same mistakes, I will keep making them over and over again. My brain is structurally built to thwart me throughout it all.)

"it's ok, you're not dumb" (i do not judge you on your cognitive ability. i understand that this is a defensive reaction from years of making mistakes and disappointing people. i cannot express the heartbreak i have knowing you experienced something so damaging and frequent just because your brain works differently. how many people have treated you so poorly that you permanently include this phrase into your lexicon? if you forget something about me i might be sad, but i know you will give me the same grace when i forget something. i know you struggle with memory and connections and social cues. i love you, it's ok.)

shaking myself (very gently) . being in pain takes a lot of energy!!!!!! being in pain is exhausting!!!!!!! you are not lazy or weak because you need to spend so much time resting, this is your body coping with how much pain you’re in literally 24/7!!!!!!!!!

addition: feeling big emotions is exhausting & takes a lot of energy!!!!!!!! needing to rest after having big feelings isn’t a sign of being weak or lazy either!!!!!!!! your body needs time to rest & recover even when it isn’t for a ‘normal’ reason