Things I Love Thursday: Giving Myself Permission to be Sick

    The past week was rough.  I had a terrible pain flare start Friday and I slept the better part of three days.  Since then I have had terrible trouble trying to get any kind of normal sleep.  Being a spoonie is not easy.  From day to day I don't know how much energy I am going to have or if it is going to last.  One of my house mates is also a spoonie and experiences pain on a daily basis.  We we're speaking on the matter yesterday and my house mate pointed out that this is a daily thing for me.  Depression and fatigue make it difficult to remember. And years of being accused of faking make me wonder if I am making it up to get out of something.  But I am not.  I am working on accepting things and giving myself permission to be sick. 

• How I manage a small business while living with chronic illness 
• Talking about studying a language together with others 
• Seeing friends 
• Getting out of the house 
• Making progress on a project
• Support from friends
• Being there to support friends
• Watching season 2 of Ladybug and Cat Noir now that it is on Netflix 
• Rewatching Amanda Palmer's TED Talk 
• Watching Far Lands or Bust with my baby niece 

 

    Here is raising a tea cup to accepting ourselves and our bodies limitations. 

Tata,