LDR chat thread VIII

And, exactly. "Invisible" disabilities are hard, because I don't tell people when I'm in pain doing day-to-day activities because I don't want to kick up a fuss and I think people forget (which is what I want, but then you get some ignorant ***** who think it's all some attention-seeking joke).

So this no diary thing is going really well. Just had some pizza with mounds of cheese

So this no diary thing is going really well. Just had some pizza with mounds of cheese

This. Exactly this. I think only my close family and the boy get it really (and even he admits he often forgets), that just because I don't complain out loud doesn't mean I'm not suffering with it. its nice for me too, to know someone 'gets' it. If you ever want to chat or rant you know where I am!

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Lololol, I don't think people realise that 12 weeks post-surgery you are not going to be galavanting about. I've had this. It's like, dude, it took about four weeks for me not to want to sleep all the time. It makes me laugh, not because it's funny, but because I recognise this exact attitude.

And, exactly. "Invisible" disabilities are hard, because I don't tell people when I'm in pain doing day-to-day activities because I don't want to kick up a fuss and I think people forget (which is what I want, but then you get some ignorant ***** who think it's all some attention-seeking joke).

Oh, seriously. I'm just a regular, regular girl who wanted an education like every other student in the world. But, thank you. It means a lot, especially when someone "gets it". I don't want sympathy or pity, just some basic comprehension. Good luck with the surgery - buy yourself pretty things before/after to cheer yourself up.



Oui, I got £3k-ish, too. I could have had a Mac, but they just asked me what I used already and I was truthful.

Why does it have to be so damn tastyyyyy? >.<

So this no diary thing is going really well. Just had some pizza with mounds of cheese

Lololol. Sounds about right. My pre-graduation diet is going so well with the mounds of pizza and quiche I've consumed today. (In the presence of my ridiculously hot, Scottish-Italian GP! Swwwwwooon!)

I lost a dress size in 2 weeks when I stopped all dairy... I wasn't doing it for the weight loss, but lactose intolerance testing...

Ditto. I asked if I could have a mac, and I could have if I paid the difference in price.

At the moment everyone thinks that I'm really lucky for having a month off work. They don't realise it's because my head is wrong. The only reason I'm back so soon is because I can't afford to not work... I think it's very hard for people not affected by these things to understand what it is like. I would swap my laptop for a brain that worked right and coordination any time. Give me a way to do that and I will. Right now! (although I may take my photos and music off it first...)

I had a hot Scottish encounter on Friday - although it was only his voice I could hear but I bet he was 100% fiiiiiiine to look at too

I would honestly swap everything. But, y'know, I can't, I need all the "freebies" I have and, really, haters gonna hate.

Haters gonna hate indeed. Be very few of them would turn down any freebies that got thrown their way =P

...I, erm, wasn't gonna say this...

I have no fear. Or social skills. Probably more of the latter... (yay for being on the autism scale?)

I think things need to be said sometimes, and I'm ashamed of myself for not being more outspoken (very occasionally, mind...! ).

I tend to be outspoken about things that matter to me - disabilities, IVF and unfairness normally. Depends on what mood I'm in though. Quite often I just ignore, but occasionally I end up in a belligerent mood

I've become a bit militant recently, admittedly - I'm doing my Italian oral presentation on the extent to which disabled people in Italy can be empowered, as opposed to people in England. My tutor LOVES it and I am mega-excited! I just think it's so easy for unaffected people to take stuff for granted. Don't get me wrong, I take the fact that I have food on the table every day for granted sometimes - I'm not perfect - but... yeah. You know what I'm trying to say. People take wearing heels, walking without being in pain for granted and it just irks me.

And, basically, when someone has an opinion that directly affects something about me that I can't change (e.g. disability), it grates because I have fought for so long to live my life, and then you realise things haven't changed that much.

ETA: I really can't be bothered. If you want to think I'm some freeloader, that's fine.

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Jelly, I am SO sorry. I don't even know what to say. It's obviously someone's idea of a very sick joke. I hope everything works out.