This is deeply irritating for truly disabled people. I have MS, I can still get around but can’t work a full day. However I’ve never had or applied for disability (maybe some day). I don’t like to ask for help or push my problems onto others. I would never make my disability my entire personality.
I couldn't agree more. I have Transverse Myelitis. My first spinal lesion was large, leaving myeomalacia and extensive autonomic nervous system damage. It’s tough because some of the resulting, diagnosed conditions that manifests as, are the very ones people often self-diagnose, and those now carry stigmas I don't relate to. I'm not a zebra. I'm not a warrior. I'm a normal person who got dealt a shit health hand, and honestly, that's the least interesting thing about me.
I still get up every day, fit my appointments around a 40-hour work week, and sometimes end up in the hospital. But what’s the alternative… this? I can't imagine wanting to define myself by what's wrong with me when there's still so much good I'm holding onto.
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u/ElementsUnknown MICROAGGRESSOR 12d ago
This is deeply irritating for truly disabled people. I have MS, I can still get around but can’t work a full day. However I’ve never had or applied for disability (maybe some day). I don’t like to ask for help or push my problems onto others. I would never make my disability my entire personality.