Spare spoons?

so i relapsed today with something i’m not comfortable disclosing on here at the moment and i just wanted to remind anyone and everyone who has relapsed or is currently relapsing that a relapse with whatever you are dealing with does not equate to failure. your strength is like a muscle and it needs to be exercised again and  again. every single time you begin your recovery again you get stronger and stronger without even realising it and it’s a super difficult thing to do. it may feel impossible and hopeless and you may feel like you’ve lost all the progress you’ve made but i promise that is not the case. one day you will over come this and i’m proud of you for making it this far.

just a little psa for any parents of people with disabilities or chronic illnesses. please don’t tease your children about their behaviours that are directly related to their difficulties. for example, my parents always used to call me ‘lazy’ and ‘unmotivated’ before receiving my diagnosis because none of us were aware that my behaviours were attributed to by fatigue. no, despite them having an in-depth knowledge of how my condition affects me, they continue to tease. if they want in on me having a nap they joke about my laziness and seem disappointed at my unproductivity. yet, if i make plans to do more than one thing in a day they joke me pushing myself too hard. even if it’s light jest, this can be very confusing for me and still gets to me on a daily basis, and if anything makes me even more unmotivated than before. so please, talk to your children. if they’re doing something you don’t understand or you don’t think they’re managing their conditions in the best way then open up a conversation. you have no idea how they feel nor are you in a position to demean them for it.