People Assume…

Quote 2020-12-08 Miss Poison Mental Health, Quotes Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, Emm Roy, Emotional Pain, Invisible Illness, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Misunderstood, Pain, Quotes, Stigma

“Mental illness.

People assume you aren’t sick unless they see the sickness on your skin, like scars forming a map of all the ways you’re hurting.

My heart is a prison of, Have you trieds. ‘Have you tried exercising? Have you tried eating better? Have you tried not being sad, not being sick? Have you tried being more like me?’ Have you tried shutting up?!

Yes, I have tried. Yes, I am still trying, and yes, I am still sick.

Sometimes monsters are invisible, and sometimes demons attack you from the inside. Just because you cannot see the claws and the teeth, does not mean they aren’t ripping through me. Pain does not need to be seen to be felt. Telling me there is no problem, won’t solve the problem.

This is not how miracles are born. This is not how sickness works.” ― Emm Roy

U.S. Government Wants to Use Social Media to Decide Who Is ‘Disabled Enough’ for Disability Benefits

Link 2019-03-152019-03-16 Miss Poison Articles, Disability, Uncategorized Disability, Invisible Illness, Karin Willison, Social Media, Social Security, SSDI

https://themighty.com/2019/03/social-security-disability-benefits-monitoring-social-media/

Set your privacy settings on Facebook, if nowhere else. Don’t post anything publicly. Don’t accept new “friends” you do not know personally. Be wise. Also, it’s no one’s business that you filed for disability. Your doctors and lawyer, if you chose that route, are the only people who should be privy to this information. Also, please be aware that they already do this in the United Kingdom. They have people investigate you and your whereabouts. Personally, I find this deplorable beyond words.

Why Not Answering My Phone Is A Form Of Medication I Depend On

Link 2017-10-012017-10-01 Miss Poison Self-Care Articles, Chronic Illness, Invisible Illness, Self-Care, Stephen Fratello

https://themighty.com/2017/09/answering-phone-during-flare-ups/

Inside The Mind Of A Chronically Ill Person Debating If They Should Post On Facebook

Link 2017-02-072017-02-15 Miss Poison Chronic Illness, Facebook Chronic Illness, Facebook, Invisible Illness, Jennifer Steidl, People

http://uspaincure.org/inside-the-mind-of-a-chronically-ill-person-debating-if-they-should-post-on-facebook/

People Assume…

Quote 2016-09-22 Miss Poison Quotes Chronic Pain, Emm Roy, Emotional Pain, Invisible Illness, Pain, Quotes, Stigma

“People assume you aren’t sick unless they see the sickness on your skin, like scars forming a map of all the ways you’re hurting.

My heart is a prison of ‘Have you tried’s? Have you tried exercising? Have you tried eating better? Have you tried not being sad, not being sick? Have you tried being more like me?” Have you tried shutting up?!

Yes, I have tried. Yes, I am still trying, and yes, I am still sick.

Sometimes monsters are invisible, and sometimes demons attack you from the inside. Just because you cannot see the claws and the teeth does not mean they aren’t ripping through me. Pain does not need to be seen to be felt.

Telling me there is no problem won’t solve the problem.

This is not how miracles are born. This is not how sickness works.” ―Emm Roy