Reminder: You Are Not A Useless Person If You Can’t Get Out Of Bed Today. There Are Days The Best Thing

Me: Yeah so I’ve been having horrible joint pain, muscle weakness, and fatigue for the past several years that’s worsened dramatically in the last 2 months.

Dr: Hmmm…. Fatigue, you say? Do you happen to have any…… mental health issues??

Me: …..I mean I have an anxiety disorder, but I really doubt that—

Dr: That’s the reason, that’s why you’re fatigued. It is your ✨mental illness✨

Me: Okay but I’ve had anxiety since I was a kid and the fatigue is a recent issue, so—

Dr: So sorry to hear about how ✨MENTALLY ILL✨ you are and how it is causing literally ALL of your health issues😢☹️

Me: But my anxiety is way better than it used to be, plus like I said I’m having joint pain as well I really don’t see how that could be caused by—

Dr:

✨💫Mentally Ill✨💫

Well that and like. The ability to eat consistent healthy meals. Or jump rope. Or make chili.

I would be so powerful if I could come up with puns. It’s the one skill I currently lack.

They’ve dipped into the devil’s lettuce

Apparently doctors are allowed to just

“Hey I’d like to become a patient here”

“Cool we’re excepting new patients gimme your records”

“Okay here”

“Hmmmmmmmmmmmm….. actually we don’t like you go away”

“Wait what? But you said you were accepting new—“

“Mmmmm yeah we’re accepting new patients, just not you :)”

“But you’re covered by my insurance, and you said—“

“Bye bye :) shoo :) no doctor for you :)”

This might be the stupidest thing I’ve ever made.

Okay I know I’m a few days late but we’re all on the same page about the professor being a hologram, right? Like we’re all in agreement about that? That’s what the box is for, correct?

Wanted to paint this dog

Really wish all the “low impact” exercise routines I find weren’t hyper focused on like squats and lunges and shit. Like bro, my knees DO NOT WORK. They simply do not function properly. If I do 15 squats today I’m not going to be able to walk properly for literal days.

…….but like I’m so tired and I NEED to work out to help with my fatigue, and I don’t have the attention span for yoga right now. So I do the five bajillion squats anyway.

And I’m stupid so I forget that that’s a bad idea, so when I’m in an incredible amount of pain just walking up and down the stairs for the rest of the week, I’ll be like

Yet again stuck in the pattern of

Works out to help my fatigue -> experiences joint pain because I was too rough -> takes a day to rest because of my joint pain -> experiences fatigue because I haven’t been working out -> works out to help my fatigue -> becomes the chronically ill equivalent of Sisyphus, trapped in a self inflicted loop of being tired and achey all the time

Me: Okay, I have really bad joint pain and fatigue. My Sjögren’s syndrome and my pseudogout must be acting up. Google, how do I deal with Sjögren’s symptoms?

Google: You should stay active and get some exercise.

Me: okay, well that’ll be a little tough with how I’m feeling, but I can manage a walk or something. What should I do for the pseudogout?

Google: Rest. DO NOT exercise.

Me: Okay— okay but— but for my Sjögren’s, aren’t I supposed to—

Google: Yes for the Sjögren’s you should be moving moving moving don’t rest too much or it gets worse

Me: Okay well—

Google: But also remember the pseudogout DONT MOVE, don’t do anything, rest rest rest or your joints will be fucked forever

Me: I—

Google: But also get off the couch RIGHT NOW, your Sjögren’s, you need EXERCISE

Me: ….how am I supposed to—

Google: FUCK you

(Tags from @releasedfromhiscage)

THANK YOU THATS WHAT IM SAYING. LIKE. Your life matters because EVERY life matters. Because you are a living thing and your experience and existence has inherent value.

And you GOTTA fucking remember that, okay??? Like I know it’s easy to forget sometimes but I swear, you are not worthless, you will never be worthless, because you are a person and that means something and it always will. Being unable or unwilling to do certain things does not make your life less valuable than anyone else’s. Life is life, mothefucker.

Dude for real though your worth as a human being is not dependent on how productive or “useful” you are. You could do nothing but lay in bed all today and you’d still be worthy of respect and care. Bro you are a living breathing human being and your life has inherent value. Like straight up you don’t have to do something impossible or world changing with your time on earth in order for you to matter. We are all specks of dust in the cosmos and the fact that you exist at all means you are important. Dude you don’t have to earn the right to live bro, like I swear bro, like no cap.