When I lived in my car I parked in the lot of the local library all day and was never bothered, I used their bathroom throughout the day and they never asked any questions, I used the computers to sign up for food stamps and other programs, I picked the flowers around the lot and
Shout out to Galloway Township library in New Jersey for providing me with these beautiful flowers every day without saying anything when I would roam around outside cutting them 😛🙏🏾. They provided so much joy.
humans aren’t supposed to be slaves to capitalism and spend their whole lives working a job only to barely make ends meet. It’s not natural, and it’s why a lot of us are so unhappy. Somewhere along the line, we lost the plot.
@MilliDeen
Trying not to cry as I read this. Libraries can literally be a protection space for children in abusive households. When I volunteered at my local library in my small town there was a young man that came in every day for hours to play games on the computers. We never bothered
There is privilege in being able to protect yourself and be covid cautious. To be covid cautious you have to be able to *afford* it. Therefore, it’s not something people who live in abject poverty get to partake in fully. When you have to choose between buying CC products vs.
I’m going to try to make each one have different features that you guys can identify with such as skin tones, styles, body type, skin types, hair textures/styles, disabilities, gender fluidity etc. what should I make sure to include? I want to make sure nobody is left out.
Haven't had one panic or anxiety attack since becoming housed. Housing instability can truly break someone down both physically and mentally. Housing is a human right and I want to start including the financial aspect of chronic illness in my graphics. It is simply not talked
I do not let on how low being homeless and disabled can make someones life. Y'all see the best version of me on Twitter. For a year I was a drug mule smuggling items into prison in order to survive while I was homeless, I did sex acts to afford a few days worth of food, I ate at
Also I just remembered when the paramedics came and I said I have MECFS they were like “what is that?” And started laughing and were like “can you spell that?” Like it was a joke. That’s how unknown this is even the paramedics thought it was a joke 🤦🏾♀️
Crying because all I could think was how pathetic I looked for making my online food pantry gofundme and now I have enough food for several months and even enough to donate to the local pantry as well. I won’t have to worry about food again for a really long time and all I can
@moe_puppie
THIS. The staff never bothered me not once. Whereas at other places I was always being “watched” and would have to bounce around to not be noticed.
#longcovid
#mecfs
folks If you still wanna cook your veggies or warm up stuff but you're too sick to be able to stand up and make it, electric lunchboxes are a life saver. You can just plug it next to where you are laying down & you won't have to get up again as it cooks
I'll be making posters LIKE these (without watermark) for my shop. Maybe framed options that can be put at your doorstep? Any requests or ideas welcomed! All ideas are good ideas! I can also make custom ones
Being homeless and disabled didn’t radicalize me, it just made me depressed about the way the United States treats homeless people. I saw the worst of society and will never feel truly safe here again.
I've heard your requests and am going to try my best. I’ve only been doing graphic art for eleven months so some might end up looking bad but I will still try! Also these are free to use by all but if you would like to support I have a gofundme and ALWAYS need extra help since
Just want to take a moment to thank
@beeimacat
and
@shawnmcgee
for saving me from being homeless. My new home is beautiful. It’s an RV that is absolutely gorgeous and a pure oasis. When we talk about “community care?” they are doing THAT. Saving someone with a chronic illness
Black peoples experience living with mecfs is vastly different, which is why you see so little of us in these communities. If you're wondering where we are? Its somewhere being discarded and gas-lit. Period.
I've heard your requests and am going to try my best. I’ve only been doing graphic art for eleven months so some might end up looking bad but I will still try! Also these are free to use by all but if you would like to support I have a gofundme and ALWAYS need extra help since
I’m going to try to make each one have different features that you guys can identify with such as skin tones, styles, body type, skin types, hair textures/styles, disabilities, gender fluidity etc. what should I make sure to include? I want to make sure nobody is left out.
Crisis: AVERTED. I have been offered help by two lovely and amazing members of the chronic illness community and just spoke with them on the phone. If everything works out, I will no longer be homeless come Spring. 🙏🏾 thank you to this community, God, and the Universe.
I talked to my dad for the first time in years on the phone and he basically told me MECFS isn’t real or legitimate and it resulted in a huge fight. To say I’m heart-broken is an understatement. I feel like I’m about about to have a heart-attack.
I don’t know how to explain it, but
#MECFS
feels like one of the most embarrassing chronic illnesses to have. Anyone who has it knows *exactly* what I mean.
I am the friend who stopped calling. I am the employee who suddenly left. I am the student who dropped out. I am the text that was never returned. The call never answered--
When you planned a Space, promoted it for a week, made canva graphics and everything, were excited about it, almost 40 people said they would attend, ready to go, but then your
#mecfs
decides, on the day of, that it wants to shut you down. I want to cry. I was up all night doing
A few months ago this was my home. I was homeless, living in a tent, sick and positive I was going to die there. Homelessness when you have a chronic illness is dangerous. If you know someone with a chronic illness who is on the verge of homelessness, please help them in any way.
Fun fact: I used to be an artist. But after I got sick, it became harder and harder to keep up with my hobbies. Now I maybe do a hobby once or twice a year.
#MECFS
not only steals your health, it steals who you ARE. It steals the very foundation of what makes you…you. 😔
I can’t believe this whole time I’ve had POTS and didn’t even know it. I would go to the ER all the time & tell them I was having trouble breathing and none of the doctors ever cared. This is why healthcare for all is so important. I couldnt see a doctor for years cuz I was broke
The amount of people I am seeing on here who have become homeless or are about to become homeless due to
#longcovid
&
#mecfs
makes me think this is a systemic issue, not a “we aren't trying hard enough” issue. We need jobs that accommodate energy-limiting illnesses, not poverty
When I got accepted into a housing program in Florida, I was at the height of my alcohol dependence. The depression and trauma I had faced while living in my car caused me to spiral. I told them I needed help, so I went to a free, government funded rehab at the hospital on campus
Imagine your rich dad knows you have been homeless for two years and wants you to grovel for money. But I finally stood up for myself. And it feels so good.
Does anyone else do this? Like when you feel okay you do a bunch of stuff in an almost manic-like state because you know you may not feel better again for days only to wake up the next in complete pain? Then you feel stupid for trying to do that much to begin with.
My exes aunt who I’ve gotten really close to recently got blessed financially and has told me that once her funds are available her and her husband want to pay for me to get an apartment so that I can get back on my feet. They told me just hold on. I hope they come through 🙏🏾
And that was only 3 plus years, but my housing is still not completely secure. Some people do this for years and years. If it broke me and I was NOT even on drugs, it would break ANYONE. People say “oh homelessness is a choice.” No. I had a great job, I had friends, I had pets I
I graduated High School. I got good grades. I went to college. I worked several jobs, I was a teacher. I was a “good” Christian girl & a good daughter. I never got into trouble, I never did drugs. Now I’m 29 and homeless. The “American dream”…is for the American *able-bodied*.
Disabled people should still be able to have a good quality of life despite being disabled. Being disabled should not be treated like a punishment. We are not lesser human beings.
#disabled
“Why do you drink to get stuff done?”
Me: because if I didn’t, this is how it would look for two weeks straight.
When you have MECFS and no help with the chores. It can go from this to that in a few days. Being obsessed with having a clean space coupled with having an energy