The Spoon Theory

[akeyoftime]

Okay, so anyone who's followed this journal for any length of time will likely have caught on rather fast that I live with a certain degree of disability. Some days are worse than others - I have days I can barely stand to live in my own skin, others I approach normal, however you define THAT word.

This was posted in fibromyalgia and is very possibly the best explanation I have ever seen to explain to someone who's never been chronically ill what exactly that means. It has an awesome name to boot.

The Spoon Theory

So if you ever wanted to know more, or found that what I managed to explain wasn't really much of an answer, here's a peek inside my head on some of my worse days. Except I really don't budget my energy the way I ought to - but I'm learning. Very slowly. And keep borrowing against tommorow's supply. I suspect I'm in debt.

By the way, these ARE the spoons I was talking about last night.

Comments

[mihakken.livejournal.com]

That's actually a pretty good way to explain it...definately a link to pass on!

[laitaine]

Thank you for posting that. I can't pretend to completely understand what you go through everyday, but that definitely helps.

*hugs you*

And on a completely unrelated note, I love your icon.