The idea that cracking your knuckles can harm you or cause arthritis or whatever is fake. There have been tests done on this and they showed that cracking your knuckles does nothing to you.
That being said, of you see someone ‘cracking’ their ‘knuckles’ constantly, please leave them alone. It’s so annoying and frustrating to be told to stop ‘cracking my knuckles’ because I’ll supposedly give myself arthritis when really I’m putting my subluxing fingers/wrists back in place.
PSA to neurotypicals:
It is infuriating to try to follow in a conversation where you refer to people you haven’t mentioned we’re talking about by pronouns, then get mad at me when I don’t understand.
I just had a conversation with my sister like this. Here’s how it went.
Me: Who was at the door?
Her: It was [mom’s ex].
Me: What did he want?
Her: I dunno, but since Mom’s not home (something happened at her work) he’s coming back later.
Me: Okay. When she gets home I need to go to [place.]
Her: Okay. They’re going to the mall.
Me: But I just texted mom that i need to go to [place.] Why are they going to the malll?
Her: No, they’re going to the mall now.
Me: What??
She meant that my mom’s ex and his two son’s were going to the mall. How was I supposed to know that ‘they’ referred to two people that I hadn’t been told were there? I assumed ‘they’ referred to, you know, the two people already mentioned?? (My Mom and her ex.)
This is how all you neurotypicals sound when you talk. Mention people by name, stop using pronouns like ‘they’ unless you’ve already established who ‘they’ are.
Hey, quick tip for messaging your neurodivergent and/or chronically ill pals:
If they do not respond to you right away or in a little while, please do not keep spamming them with messages until they respond. They could be dealing with a flare up or might be focused on something else atm. Texting and messaging people can also take a lot of energy, especially when we’re in pain, and if you keep adding message after message you’re making it more difficult for us to actually get back to you because you keep giving us more that we have to respond to.
I know it can feel this way, but when we temporarily “ignore” you (and I use that word very loosely) this does not mean we suddenly don’t love or care about you. We’re just fatigued, in pain, experiencing a mental block, etc. and we need extra time. Just give us a little breathing room, we’re already suffocating.
Neurotypical and able-bodied people are highly encouraged to reblog this, just don’t clown.
I’m going on vacation for a week! I’ll be back later ✌️
Every post I make about a special interest will be tagged #special interest. If you would like to look through my blog without those posts, feel free to block the tag! It’s also a way to make it easier for people to find them.
Anything I post that isn’t positive will be tagged #not positive. I’ll never post something really dark, but I know some people are uncomfortable with negative undertones. Things under this tag will include sarcasm, personal rants, etc.
If anyone wants to send asks about how I deal with being chronically ill, disabled, and in college, feel free! I may not be actively in college yet but I’m already making steps to make it easier on myself. And I want to help anyone that may need some help with that.
I’ll post when I have anon up, but for now if you want to be anonymous just send an ask and tell me you don’t want your URL posted, and I’ll copy and paste your ask and answer it.
I’ve mentioned I’ve been symptomatically diagnosed with endometriosis on my blog before. And I’ve been trying to get a real diagnosis and possibly surgery.
I got an appointment with a specialist!
I have no idea how it’s going to go but you know what? I’m going to finally be seeing someone that actually knows something about my condition. Things are actually going to get done now.
I have a lot of preparing to do. I’m so excited!
Just wanted to say it again: If you would like me to tag something in my posts, just let me know! I’ll be happy to add warnings. (And i won’t post the asks, don’t worry.)
For those who would like to know:
-I am self dx w/autism + currently seeking diagnosis
-I’m a spoonie :3
-I am an aromantic asexual
-I am cis female but tbh I don’t care about my pronouns (most people call me she/her but I’ve been referred to as they/their+he/him)
-I go by Lance on the Internet, but my url is also okay
-I’m bilingual in English and Spanish, but not entirely fluent yet in Spanish
-My main SIs are Voltron, Battle cats, FNAF, PvZ, and Pokemon. I also love anything about animals
-I am a writer that has dappled in many different forms of visual art
-I love talking to/interacting with people
-This is my blog’s background, which is my result of the autism self test from Wrongplanet.net
-I don’t tolerate hate of any kind :)
-I have horrible memory and probably forgot a few things I wanted to add to this :/
This is my secondary blog, so any replies I make to comments with be from the url @lanceeselhombre . Just wanted everyone to know that it’s me!
Feel free to send asks with questions you have for me! I don’t have a pc at the moment to turn on anon, unfortunately, but I’ll let you guys know when that happens!
Diagnosed + undiagnosed autistics, other nuerodivergents, and nuerotypicals may interact here and are welcome.
Feel free to ask me questions and I’ll do my best to answer them.
