If Idve Known That Pain Wasnt Normal Maybe Id Have The Accommodations I Need In Life

If i’d’ve known that pain wasn’t normal maybe I’d have the accommodations I need in life

One of the first things children should be taught in health class is what constitutes a ‘normal able body’—that being alive should not hurt. They should explain the pain scale in depth and what it means and how to listen to your body. Not only will this teach kids the importance of taking care of yourself and monitoring how you feel, but it could vitally assist in identifying disabilities at younger ages, thus hopefully giving them the chance to live a better life.

This may seem stupid to people who have never experienced chronic pain, but as someone who has been in near full body pain for 3/4ths of my near 22 years of life, if I had been taught this kind of stuff at a young age I would have been able to identify what I was experiencing and discuss it better with the doctor. I was in such constant pain I thought it was normal to feel like that and my parents just kept telling me it was growing pains. Once I got older, I was diagnosed with depression before my physical pain symptoms were addressed and it took me years to convince my doctors that it wasnt psychosomatic

Ive never felt more called out in my life

disabled people are like “well if I’m not using any of my aids and i pretend i’m not in pain i can pass as abled so can i even call myself disabled?” it’s me, im disabled people

The pain is more incredibly annoying than unbearable

Does anyone else collect books to cope with chronic pain (or other things)?

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