@sammarvel1: “Listen to your body” might be some of the most useless advice we give chronically ill people. There. I said it. My body told me to stay in bed until after 5 PM yesterday. It tells me not to exercise. Not to go out. Not to push through the fatigue. Not to do the thing that might make tomorrow hurt more. And sometimes? My body is absolutely right. But when you’ve been sick for years, your body can say STOP so often that “listen to your body” stops being simple advice. Because how am I supposed to know the difference between: “My body genuinely needs rest.” and “My body has gotten so used to protecting me that I need to gently remind it that we can do things.” I don’t think chronically ill people need to be told to “listen to our bodies.” I think we need better conversations about how the hell we’re supposed to interpret what they’re saying. Chronic illness people: how do YOU tell the difference? #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness #chronicillnesscommunity #creatorsearchinsights #healingisrealizing

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theatricsdepartment
Theatrics Department Sys :
"Listen to your body" and then when you listen to your body you're lazy and selfish and stupid or something. God forbid I'm chronically fatigued and need to sit down
2026-09-09 20:05:27
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phoenix_phelan
Phoenix :
If i listened to my body, id never get out of bed again... Don't think that's the answer for me quite yet.
2026-10-06 04:24:52
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definitelynotelena11
✨️Mia✨️ :
"Listen to your body" But you don't want to believe me when I say I have a migraine even after taking medicine...
2026-09-11 12:01:09
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yogfan14
Yogfan :
"Listen to your body" my body has a full blown panic attack whenever it can't decide if it needs to shit or not
2026-09-11 15:02:11
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r3d_0n_p4ws_g
~*☠️👻 Nico Di Angelo👻☠️*~ :
“Listen to your body” till yall don’t belive me when I say I feel like passing out from just standing
2026-09-09 22:59:00
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shadownancer_rant
ShadowNancer_Rants :
I’ll be fine…as I say as I could be dying from anything medically wrong with me.
2026-09-09 20:12:00
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bluebird1o9
Bluebird109 :
“Listen to your body” until you lock in on work so hard you literally forget to eat, drink, bathroom, sleep, until your five seconds away from fainting
2026-09-10 04:17:24
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angela24112
angela24112 :
I have lived in fight or flight since the beginning of me. Traumatic childhood & many experiences. I honestly think that is from everyone relying on me to deal with & handle everything for them. I have finally chosen me. I’m alone but, my body betrayed me once. No one has any idea what you have lived through. I truly believe that is what caused my illnesses. My choice, experience & opinion. 🥰🥀🌹🥀
2026-09-20 00:50:09
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humbleandunbothered
Bam :
Yes the main symptoms for stuff crossovers. 😩😩😩
2026-09-09 18:34:50
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nacguy8
nacguy8. :
Hahaha. Facts. My body doesn’t know what it wants. Oh it wants to not hurt all the time. How do I do that 🤣🤣
2026-09-13 01:20:12
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r1ff..raff
R1ff🎭 :
“Listen to your body” my body has told me I’m going to throw up like five times and it hasn’t happened yet
2026-09-11 07:52:52
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shavondanherkids
BIPOLARMAMA&HERKIDS🧐🥰🤗 :
Listen to your body.. I finally know what it means
2026-09-23 09:46:32
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thesaltofsolidarity
𝔏𝔬𝔯𝔡 𝔗𝔴𝔢𝔞𝔨𝔞𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔫 :
“Listen to your body” until I can feel something is wrong with me and the doctors are never able to find what it is. (possible endometriosis/PCOS and bad hip pain)
2026-09-11 10:58:32
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imacrosstheroad
The summer hikadih died :
“Listen to your body” is what my dancer teachers say right after saying deal with it. I have chronic knee pain (discoid lateral meniscus, left knee)
2026-09-11 10:05:53
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shadow_and_salt
shadow_and_salt──⃝─⃝⃝⃝⃝── :
for how I tell the difference I recognize if this is coming from fear, stress, or actual physical exertion. my chronic illness is invisible to most however for me I can sense whether it's my mind trying to set itself to low energy mode to de-stress or hide away. I also listen to see if my body is actually physical pain in some days bc then genuinely those days I have to just deal with it. it's tough to deal with but I'm getting through it day at a time.
2026-09-09 18:47:30
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keyaskimo
Victoria :
“Listen to your body” and my body larps liver failure at least once a month
2026-09-10 06:49:44
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nexezbeanie
nex💕 :
"listen to your body" until it's telling me to not walk or literallt do anyrhing cause of the pain...like okay dude 😞😞
2026-09-09 23:09:55
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lindsaycutler
Lindsay Cutler :
Yep 😩
2026-09-09 18:31:05
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cryabootit
Cry about it :
This! I never in a million years based off my body expected to have a mass in my brain and epilepsy in my late twenties!?! Who drops and seizes that late in life!? i never thought based off the signs that was the issue. I just thought it was bad celiac. lol
2026-09-26 14:30:28
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santanahhh
Santana :
I had a coworker ask me if I needed to go home bc of how severe my pain was.. I had to explain to her that if I went home every time my pain was that bad, I’d never be at work. It seemed like this had seriously never crossed her mind??? 🙄
2026-09-20 09:45:30
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thecrochetwitch
The Crochet Witch 🧵📚📖🦽🎤 :
The one time I ignored my body because I just wanted to get home from a doctor appointment, after no bench at a bus stop and loudness on the buses, my body gave out as I got to the park about 1/2 mile from my house. I went down, landed on my cane, and was in so much pain I didn't even feel it under me. I just laid there and cry. this was Wednesday... I sat there for half an. hour told my body wr had to get up and forced myself to walk the rest of the way home.
2026-09-20 03:21:26
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justbadb
Mikerra :
"Listen to your body" is the worst advice for me. I'd be dehydrated and emaciated.
2026-09-15 12:08:49
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angstymilktea
Arlo⭐️ :
“Listen to your body” bro I’ve been listening to it be in pain for 27 years I need to hear it less 😭
2026-09-19 00:19:03
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deanne.williams
DeAnne :
my body says "I want a refund"
2026-09-11 14:05:23
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