Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family

@Betty CW’s are always an option if you’re worried about upsetting people (assuming the dogs themselves are healthy/happy i’m personally not bothered by shelter pics)

@lookitmychicken ah yeah i am an unusually unstretchy stretchy bitch hahaha — if i didn’t have two siblings who definitely have it my dr’s and i prob wouldn’t have thought to even consider it as an option! so the idea that at least some people w/broader dysautonomia diagnoses either have “sub-clinical” EDS or some other similar underlying condition feels p plausible

@lookitmychicken yeah measuring yourself against other people is a loosing effort — it makes you feel worse without any real benefit

our lives have value outside of your accomplishments, your ability to meet societies expectations, etc.

@asya @naye almost getting run over by a bus does seem like a particularly compelling argument for US style snow days

@lookitmychicken congrats on getting so much done!

my experience (w/EDS & CFS/ME) is that lifestyle changes always take wayyyy longer to result in concrete improvements than i expect, esp since the first half of those improvements is always spent recouping the extra energy expenditure from making said improvements. so, it may still come in time, even if you’re not feeling like you’re getting anywhere right now. but even if your worries are right and it doesn’t change much, you’re still building a solid foundation to help maintain your health long term, which is also important 💖

@ljwrites @alpine_thistle yeah one of the upsides of living in a majority black area is that any all l/mostly white group is deeply suspect long before i hear anything about their actual politics — i’m sure it’s saved me a lot of bullshit over the years