biggest thing that pisses me off is people trying to talk someone out of a mobility aid, first off; what makes you think you know their needs more than them? what makes you think you know the amount of pain, imbalance, fatigue, etc symptoms they're going through?? Are you living in their body? NO!
“message me” I absolutely will NOT
౨ৎ‧₊˚ they'll message you after a post talking about how sad and ill you are too?? can they just be normal 🙏
— Evelyn Graham Frost, ‘Memory’
when I said my account was a safe place, I was excluding the problem men.
The goods one are welcome and loved, but the bad ones? I let God deal with you.
"I ate extra bleached paper as a child." "what are you? a cop?" "immortality costs an arm and a leg, I'm on a loan." "you know that fear of getting caught in an escalator?" "it's a long story including, (insert unhinged items), (random person)< (weird location)" (switch it up each time)
Some funny/less paltable things you can say when people invasively ask why you have a mobility aid!
"It's a weapon."
Ignore them
Something dramatic like "Oh I was attacked by a shark" or "I got caught in a zombie apocalypse"
"It's to spice up my outfit"
"I tried to build an army of insert favorite animal and they turned on me :("
"What insert mobility aid?"
"Why do you have an insert mobility aid?"
"Why do you not have an insert mobility aid"
"Do I know you?"
"Yeah I guess I just couldn't wait for my 60s"
"Just to bother you."
"Just to confuse you."
"Wouldn't you like to know"
"I went through a wildly traumatic experience, thanks for asking"
RB/comment your go-to when somebody asks about your mobility aid!