When you first launch your blog, everyone will love it, but as time goes on and you become more popular, it is likely that you will attract a hater or two that has nothing better to do than bring you down. Some bloggers experience more trolls than others, and the longer you have been online, … Continue reading What Should You Do About Internet Trolls?
Pressure sores are common amongst people with Spina Bifida because a lot of people have very limited sensation in their tailbone area and easy to get a bad sore and not know it because you don't feel pain. I have some feeling in my tailbone area but it's not strong and it's easy for me … Continue reading How To Prevent Pressure Sores
September is Pain Awareness Month! I live with chronic pain because I have a couple of medical conditions such as Hydrocephalus, Chiari malformation, and endometriosis amongst many others that can cause a lot of pain. Chronic pain does not affect everyone with Spina Bifida and most people with my disability do not live with pain, … Continue reading Is Chronic Pain Really That Invisible?
Social media makes it easy to entertain ourselves but there are times when social platforms are making updates, or the Internet is down because we lost power, and you don't have access to social media. People are addicted to their phones these days and don’t know what to do with themselves when they don’t have … Continue reading How To Entertain Yourself Without Social Media
Disabled people are not able to do things at the same capacity as non-disabled people can and sometimes have to ask for help on things that most people can do themselves because our disabilities prevent us from being able to do some tasks well. There is nothing wrong with needing to ask for help because … Continue reading Five Things Disabled People Should Not Feel Guilty About
When you are disabled, you often struggle with a lot of health challenges and for the most part, you are an expert at managing your symptoms because a lot of people have lived with them for their whole lives and have years of experience managing them. When you get a new diagnosis, it can be … Continue reading What To Do When You Have A New Diagnosis
Disabled people are constantly getting all kinds of health advice from non-disabled people because people often think we can cure ourselves by exercising and eating healthy. When people find out you have a stoma, sometimes they are even more horrified because they don't understand how a stoma improves lives and think the solution is to … Continue reading What Not To Say To Someone With A Stoma
Disabled people are often viewed as inspirations by non-disabled people, and we are expected to be positive all of the time, and when we are not people are shocked. Disability acceptance can be helpful for disabled people, but disability acceptance does not mean you have to love everything about your disability, and I don't know … Continue reading Five Things I Hate About My Disability
Disabled people do not get enough kind comments but are not short of unsolicited health advice, because as soon as people see you are disabled, they want to cure you. When I am given health advice, sometimes I can understand why someone would think that way because people want to help and may think they … Continue reading Ridiculous Health Advice That Does Not Make Sense
Chronic pain affects everything you do because when you live with pain you don't have as much energy to complete basic tasks. People with chronic pain have days when we are not in as much pain, but most people are in pain constantly and you can't wait until your pain is a zero to start … Continue reading Things You Didn’t Know I Did Because Of Pain
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