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Tate Brownell
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@madmadhightop
believeinme 4y
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Believe me please

I've had a undiagnosed spinal cord injury that affects my right knee as well. Seen specialist seen done ever test under the sun nothing everything comes back normal. no abnormalities also the drug tests they do come back clean as well nothing absolutely nothing there sure I'm drug seeking.
Everyone from drs to my family belive I'm making up I'm in pain. Note I can take alot of pain I'm use to it so when I say I'm really hurting but doesnt seem like belive me I've learned how to hide being in pain. Growing up not knowing if we where going to eat tonight, I learned that hiding my pain was easier then showing it. Showing it usually got me yelled at or beat. So I learned to not show it. Now that I'm older and the family is better of I still have to hide the fact that I'm in constant pain. Might end up losing my dream job and end up in a https://wheelchair.No one believes me I wish someone could be in my shoes for one day and feel as I do. #believeinme

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Ellie Rose
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@starburst9507
Fibromyalgia 5y Sent from app

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The shame you feel when people judge you or toss sarcastic comments about how you can’t work two days in a row because of an illness they cannot see.

It’s real. 😞 #Fibromyalgia #Work #believeinme #randomthoughts

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Jo Anne Johnson
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@joannejohnson1
CheckInWithMe 5y

My #CheckInWithMe

Sometimes I feel like I have no control over anything in the world around me, like nothing I do matters. Then my oldest daughter (24 yo) sends a text that says, “I hope your day is great, Mom. I love you!” Or my youngest (12 yo) comes to me for an answer to a very serious question about how to manage in a world of tweenage angst. Then I remember that I do have some control.

I can change the world, a tiny piece at a time. I have already started by raising 2 amazing girls who are going out into the world and also changing things for the better.

I cannot control the big, wide world, but I can change how I respond to it. I can choose to accept, choose to move on despite what my brain says I cannot do.

I can face things that scare me. It takes practice. So I can do one thing that scares me every day, even if that means that I just get in my car, maybe still in my pajamas, and drive around the block because talking to people is too much that day, but I can make myself leave my house.

I can be the strong woman I show people when I do interact with other people.

I can choose to believe I am ok. My negative thoughts do not have to rule my life.

I can. And I will. That is the pact I have with myself.

#CheckInWithMe #StayStrong #believeinme #ican #affirmations

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