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Sorry for the (pretty late) mega y'all, getting back on track with this one catgirl-sorry

Not much else going on with me to be honest. Semester's coming to a close soon, which is nice, the classes weren't the best this time around. Hopefully I'll be able to wrap it up without too many issues.

Of course, I also hope you all do well this week! Well, this week and a half doggirl-sweat

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"Disability" is an umbrella term which encompasses physical disabilities, emotional/psychiatric disabilities, neurodivergence, intellectual/developmental disabilities, sensory disabilities, invisible disabilities, and more. You do not have to have an official diagnosis to consider yourself disabled.

Mask up, love one another, and stay alive for one more week.

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[–] DisabledAceSocialist@hexbear.net 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Being trapped indoors like a prisoner, for the first time in years I am feeling actual sadness. Normally I just feel anxiety, anger or frustration. But now I feel really, really sad. I've been trapped indoors for months now because of my foot surgeries, but that was tolerable because I knew there was an end date, it would heal up. But now with my inflamed tendon, there is no end date. And it's getting worse, not better. I feel like I've been sentenced to an indeterminate time in prison. In fact I never realised until now just what a hard sentence prison actually is. And the weather is beautiful outside and I live by the seaside, this is exactly the time I should be able to wander around outside. I feel so sad that all this beautiful scenery is out there and I can't enjoy it and I don't know if or when I will be able to again. It's not like I even have any friends left in real life (no-one wants to bother with a sick disabled person), I can't even invite a friend over for some companionship. Whenever one problem seems almost fixed, another worse one comes along. It feels like the universe is actively trying to drive me to despair.

And this is on top of all the usual shit. And this month I had even less response than usual to my food aid post. Someone did, thankfully come through with a food voucher for which I am immensely grateful but it looks like I might have to make another post before the month is up. I always try to wait a month so people don't get sick of me. But my food expenses are higher due to being trapped indoors, I have to order groceries for delivery which costs more.

And the hemiplegic migraine from hell that put me in hospital and has lasted over a week keeps flaring up, just a bit less each time. I've had more than enough, I want to join dignitas but I need to print off a form for that and we don't have a printer here, I need to go to the library but I can't walk there yet.