🧵An important thread:
At some point, if u are #Disabled & dating someone new, no matter how much that person loves u, they may at some point or another receive what I call the *Friends & Family Warning⚠️*… where a friend or family member of theirs warns them not to date u. 1/5
It’s at a times brutal moment when the projections of an insecure and ignorant society are projected on the you, the person you are dating, and the relationship itself. And it’s hard not to internalize it.
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Oct 22, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
The chronicity of brain diseases like #MECFS & #LongCovid bring up so many issues around identity.
Try taking a personality test & you’ll find yourself wondering if you should answer questions from the vantage point of your “old” self or “new” self. And where is the line?
You’ll have to face questions like, who am I if I don’t behave the same way I used to?
I’m I now an introvert if my nervous system struggles to withstand crowds or am I still the extrovert who couldn’t get enough socialization if I tried?
