New blog post!! Today, we’re going to talk about health limitations. Link in bio for full post . . The other day someone made a snippy comment about my process and how long some projects take me, and it kind of irked me. Her attitude is her own issue to deal with, but I do want to talk about chronic illness, because it’s such a poorly understood topic considering how prevalent it is. . . Many of you know that I was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease a couple years ago, and with that came chronic pain, chronic fatigue, relapsing fever, brain fog, and a whole slew of other super fun symptoms. . . Whether it’s incapacitating pain that leaves me unable to sit or stand for more than a couple minutes at a time, fatigue that makes me so exhausted I get dizzy spells and lightheaded, or just general brain fog that leaves me so utterly lost with what I was doing seconds before—these things all slow down my process, and I’m not ashamed of that. . . I’m doing the best I can within my body’s limitations. Sometimes I push myself too hard, like the time that I almost passed out in a pattern drafting class, or when I spent half of D23 dissociating because I was in so much pain the whole time. But I’m doing my best not to let my health conditions stand in the way of the things I enjoy, and so are other cosplayers with chronic illness. . . Check out the post on my blog for more info, some pictures of me doing dumb things, and a wild adventure with a new medication I started as part of my treatment!! . . PC: @portraits.n.cosplay . . #cosplay #cosplayer #costume #costumer #rococo #rococostyle #18thcentury #18thcenturycostume #foundationgarments #historical #historicalcostuming #historicalfashion #belle #beautyandthebeast #labelleetlabete #princess #princessbelle #disney #disneyprincesses #disneycosplay #disneyprincesscosplay #princessdress #rosecitycomiccon #rccc #cosplaylife #lymedisease #chronicillness https://www.instagram.com/p/CFSzxeBjjOW/?igshid=1g8x05ia0oqan
