i just worked until collapse and now my baseline is “needs assistance with every household task including walking” so DONT PUSH YOURSELF pls 😭
2026-06-25 13:55:06
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Crystal💙🏳️🌈 :
struggling with that right now. but in my state they automatically decline disability benefits if you're working. I will be homeless if I dont work and I lose jobs due to missing for health issues and dr appointments.
2026-06-25 14:39:40
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goblinteethdog :
My girlfriend asked to be allowed to have a stool or chair but was told that they couldn’t meet her accommodation so she had to leave and now can’t get any job
2026-06-26 15:58:08
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Dizzy Dee :
how work affects people with chronic illness isn't spoken about enough!!!
2026-06-05 17:55:52
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Whitney Leigh :
My autoimmune issue is kicking my 🍑
2026-06-28 12:19:06
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Jessie-He/him :
When ppl think of unemployment, they think it's laziness. Nope, i legit can't work, I'd love to go out and earn money, but i just can't. It's not due to laziness at all, I'm in chronic pain 24/7 everywhere, I'm constantly tired, and need to be around the bathroom all the time, so no. Unemployment doesn't always equal laziness.
2026-07-07 23:54:47
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Abby Wilson 🎀 :
And yet we fight for YEARS to get approved for disability I have RA lupus fibro and cns vasculitis and still trying to get approved
2026-06-24 13:27:39
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Cameron :
I had no option and it definitely got worse
2026-06-27 05:39:51
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souredpineapple :
no bc i believed in the “work harder” mindset from 16-24 and now working 20 hours a week feels like hell
2026-06-26 02:12:03
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Tammy Ulibarri :
I literally only work. I can do nothing else and people don't understand why I don't show to functions I literally don't have the energy. I too have MS
2026-06-28 19:16:44
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Devon Avery McAllister ve/ver :
I wish I could send this to my aunt. I love the woman to death, but it’s exhausting having her ask if I found another job yet every time I see her. Keep in mind, when I *had* a job I had to deal with her asking, “so how many hours are you working?” Only for her to scowl in disapproval when I said 4-6hrs
2026-06-24 06:13:07
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raeinthewoods88 :
I’m homeless if I don’t work.
2026-06-26 19:46:30
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Annoyed Gen-Xer :
I went from six figure salaries, to being unable to drive or bathe, within days. I haven’t left the house in three years, other than for doctor appointments and visitation exchanges with my children.
2026-06-27 13:59:24
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Jessica Cansler :
I don't have a choice as a single mom. I've applied for disability but it takes forever and I will probably be denied the first time anyways 😞
2026-06-26 12:01:27
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✨⭐️✨ :
I get what you are saying 1000%. But let’s also normalize not feeling guilty when we prioritize ourselves and our own health rather than the thoughts and opinions of others who are not living the same experience. Only you know your limits, enforce them.
2026-06-28 17:53:05
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Trust The Fun RICO EDITION 🤩 :
No one cares I promise you nobody cares about us. It’s either work or suffer or in our case suffer and work.
2026-06-27 23:15:32
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BlueLady12 :
I know for a fact I will not be promoted because of fibromyalgia. I’ve missed too many days / or taken remote days when I was supposed to be in office. 💗 To you.
2026-06-26 14:33:05
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Woozers :
I worked until collapse. I was stuck in bed for days. that's where it started.
2026-06-25 11:28:51
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Myamoore Harper :
I've been pressured by my husband because I need to "contribute". I do the household. I do all of it. even the inside/ outside upkeep. Now I've been trying to run my home bakery to "contribute". I just lost my full time job I was doing. I have been battling an obstruction since then. So I get too much pressure working. but you much pressure NOT working. I have uncontrolled crohns disease, chiari malformation, hEDS and other comorbid conditions. I'm trying.
2026-06-27 13:05:03
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lindseygooden7 :
they just took my food stamps away because im unable to work due to my Endometriosis...
2026-06-27 07:46:11
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Athan :
i feel the same way but i m not diagnosed and i know in my bones i have been chronically ill but i just don't know how to prove it
2026-06-26 17:14:54
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ToeBean:3 :
It's so hard out here. I've been unemployed for 3 1/2 months which sucks because I need the money and the health insurance but I was fired from my last job due to a bad flare-up. There's nobody hiring and the jobs I have experience in are ones that don't have the accommodations I need to be able to work....
2026-06-25 06:56:30
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Poppi 💛🐝 :
Yep feel this💛. Feel like a burden that I’m disabled. But ik for a fact if I worked again the stress would skyrocket those flare ups. Atleast now I can rest & work on my health!
2026-06-24 21:10:41
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UniquelyJae :
Yes went from fulltime to partime working two days a week I feel so much better. The money was good but my health more important.
2026-06-26 04:49:14
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