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September 24, 2021December 7, 2021 Nikki chronic illness, chronic pain, coping, coping with disability, disability, Discrimination, Invisible disability awareness, society, stigma

Reflections: Watched the Netflix documentary Unrest

'Unrest' is on ME/CFS and is pretty much about those very severe cases of ME/CFS where people end up basically living in their beds due to the intensity of their condition.

June 10, 2021June 9, 2021 Nikki acceptance, chronic illness, chronic pain, coping, disability, Discrimination, Invisible disability awareness, society, stigma

Invisible disability and self-imposed stigma we learn from others

I read a post called The Bizarre Prevalence of Invisible Illness Imposter Syndrome and the author uses different terms and language to describe what I have felt as well. Essentially it is this pattern: With an invisible disability we mask our symptoms for a variety of reasons. To cope and manage working. So we will … Continue reading Invisible disability and self-imposed stigma we learn from others

February 24, 2021February 23, 2021 Nikki chronic pain, coping, coping with disability, disability, society

Survival mode with chronic pain and the lack of options we have in society

I have blogged about survival mode before. This is when we push through the pain long-term and get to a state where all other aspects of our lives shrink, we only do what is fundamentally necessary to exist and life is Just an existence. We do what we must and crash and burn at the … Continue reading Survival mode with chronic pain and the lack of options we have in society

February 9, 2021March 23, 2021 Nikki chronic illness, chronic pain, disability, fibromyalgia

So you think someone is faking fibromyalgia?

How do you know someone is faking fibromyalgia? Hmm. This is a thing people google. And I can tell you the short answer right now is that statistically speaking if you assume they are not, you'd most likely be right. Because it is so rare that anyone fakes an illness. I know a lot of … Continue reading So you think someone is faking fibromyalgia?

January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 Nikki society

Will society adapt for the better after the pandemic?

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a massive impact on society and I wonder if it is conceivable it will have long-term impacts on it. The shock to societies will be felt for a very long time. From mourning the deaths to the financial impacts to the mental toll. We talk about the 'new normal' and … Continue reading Will society adapt for the better after the pandemic?

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020 Nikki Awareness items, chronic illness, coping, Invisible disability awareness, society, stigma

Invisible Disability: My illness is invisible. I am not.

I have invisible illnesses and I am disabled by some of them. Yes, you can't see them. Yes, they are invisible. But I am not. I matter. My life matters. My existence matters. You can't treat me as Lesser Than just because I am disabled, if you find out I am. You can't judge how … Continue reading Invisible Disability: My illness is invisible. I am not.