#chronicpain — Public Fediverse posts on home.social

"An inclusive community garden works when people can arrive, move through the site, reach the soil, use water, rest, understand the rules, join workdays, and harvest with dignity. A garden can have wide paths and still exclude people if the gate is hard to open, the hose is heavy, all beds are low to the ground, signs use tiny print, or meetings happen at times that conflict with caregiving and shift work.

"Designing for all abilities means treating #accessibility as a whole garden system. Paths, beds, tool sheds, water points, seating, shade, compost areas, harvest tables, volunteer schedules, and decision processes all shape who can participate. Welcoming gardens reduce unnecessary effort so more people can stay involved in the activity.

"A shared growing space should give #wheelchair users, older adults, children, people with #LowVision, #NeurodivergentGardeners, people with #ChronicPain or #fatigue, new gardeners, caregivers, and neighbors with different languages or schedules a usable way to belong.

Key Takeaways

- Inclusive community garden design starts with the full route from street, transit, parking, or sidewalk to every shared task.
- Paths need firm surfaces, clear width, turning space, drainage, edge cues, and maintenance after storms.
- #RaisedBeds, #TabletopBeds, containers, vertical planters, and ground plots should work together so gardeners can choose the posture that fits them.
- Water, tools, compost, signs, seating, shade, and harvest areas need the same access planning as growing beds.
- Sensory and cognitive access matter: clear routes, predictable rules, quiet zones, tactile cues, pictograms, and low-overload work options expand participation.
- Community process is part of the design because schedules, plot rules, language access, and conflict systems decide who stays involved."

Learn more:
https://gardeninsider.org/gardening/stress-reduction/designing-inclusive-community-gardens/

#SolarPunkSunday #CommunityGardening #AccessibleGardens #Inclusivity #Accessibility #BuildingCommunity
#SensoryPlants #SpendTimeInNature

#inclusive #communitygardens #accessibility #wheelchair #lowvision #neurodivergentgardeners

𖥔.ཐི༑ Alexa ༑ཋྀ.𖥔 @[email protected] · 2026-05-10 · 11:59 UTC

CW: Suicide, mental illness

“Mother’s Day”

Today my dad will call my mom
And thank her for my existence
I do not thank her for it
But I can’t say that aloud
I am not suicidal!
But I am always terrified or unhappy
Maybe not always
How often do you feel hopeless, like you would be better off dead?
Most days, some days, or not at all?
I roll the question around in my brain
Some days.
I don’t want to die.
Actually I’m terrified of death
I want to live so badly
I want to experience everything
Fear and chronic symptoms
That’s what holds me back
Today my dad will call my mom
To thank her for my existence
Today I will take several pills
They keep me here
But they don’t fix me.

#Ramblings #poem #spoonie #disabled #anxiety-disorder #depression #chronic-pain

#ramblings #poem #spoonie #disabled #anxietydisorder #depression

𖥔.ཐི༑ Alexa ༑ཋྀ.𖥔 @[email protected] · 2026-05-10 · 11:59 UTC

CW: Suicide, mental illness

“Mother’s Day”

Today my dad will call my mom
And thank her for my existence
I do not thank her for it
But I can’t say that aloud
I am not suicidal!
But I am always terrified or unhappy
Maybe not always
How often do you feel hopeless, like you would be better off dead?
Most days, some days, or not at all?
I roll the question around in my brain
Some days.
I don’t want to die.
Actually I’m terrified of death
I want to live so badly
I want to experience everything
Fear and chronic symptoms
That’s what holds me back
Today my dad will call my mom
To thank her for my existence
Today I will take several pills
They keep me here
But they don’t fix me.

#Ramblings #poem #spoonie #disabled #anxiety-disorder #depression #chronic-pain

#ramblings #poem #spoonie #disabled #anxietydisorder #depression

𖥔.ཐི༑ Alexa ༑ཋྀ.𖥔 @[email protected] · 2026-05-10 · 11:59 UTC

CW: Suicide, mental illness

“Mother’s Day”

Today my dad will call my mom
And thank her for my existence
I do not thank her for it
But I can’t say that aloud
I am not suicidal!
But I am always terrified or unhappy
Maybe not always
How often do you feel hopeless, like you would be better off dead?
Most days, some days, or not at all?
I roll the question around in my brain
Some days.
I don’t want to die.
Actually I’m terrified of death
I want to live so badly
I want to experience everything
Fear and chronic symptoms
That’s what holds me back
Today my dad will call my mom
To thank her for my existence
Today I will take several pills
They keep me here
But they don’t fix me.

#Ramblings #poem #spoonie #disabled #anxiety-disorder #depression #chronic-pain

#chronicpain #depression #anxietydisorder #disabled #spoonie #poem

MediaFaro Magazine @[email protected] · 2025-11-25 · 15:40 UTC

The science of unlearning pain: A new German approach to chronic suffering.

Chronic pain affects millions and often resists medical treatment.

German researchers are exploring how the brain’s pain matrix can be retrained, offering hope to those trapped in cycles of constant pain.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20251124-the-science-of-unlearning-pain-a-new-german-approach-to-chronic-suffering?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#ChronicPain #Health #Healthcare #Brain #Painkillers #Biology #Psychology #Science

#chronicpain #health #healthcare #brain #painkillers #biology

Pain & Performance Clinic @[email protected] · 2025-11-14 · 10:59 UTC

Why do we ‘age’ & what to do about it. #fitness
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHU76n84QBkTKnihFUyz7jg

In this video Tommy gives some detail on exactly how and why we become effected by aging. Why are we more susceptible to disease and decline. #injuryrecovery #chronicpain #painmanagement #aging #aginggracefully from Pain & Performance Clinic

https://painperformanceclinic.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/why-do-we-age-what-to-do-about-it-fitness-https-www-youtube-com-channel-uchu76n84qbktknihfuyz7jg/

#fitness #injuryrecovery #chronicpain #painmanagement #aging #aginggracefully

illmarks @[email protected] · 2025-09-08 · 03:29 UTC

2025-8-17 The water isn’t the whole picture… but what is?

https://www.illmarks.com/2025-8-17-the-water-isnt-the-whole-picture-but-what-is/

#allergen #allergy #art #autoimmune #bodyHorror #bodyMapping #chronicIllness #chronicPain #chronicIllness #chronicPain #dermatology #longCovid #longcovid #mastCell #mcas #meCfs #mecfs #medart #medical #medicalArt #medicine #migraine #MillionsMissing #pwLC #pwme #rash #rheumatology #SciArt #sciartseptember #water

#allergen #allergy #art #autoimmune #bodyhorror #bodymapping

.:\dGh/:. @[email protected] · 2025-07-17 · 03:40 UTC

Worst part about having once #LowBackPain:

It always looms around you, to hit you back when you worst expect it.

This time, same place, but the other side. Kudos to the fucking restaurant bathroom with their inclined seat.

#Health #LBP #LowBack #Back #Sitting #Sit #BackPain #Pain #TreatmentOptions #ChronicPain #BackPainRelief #Medical #Doctor #MedicalSchience #Spine #Traumatologist #Traumatology

#lowbackpain #health #lbp #lowback #back #sitting

LeliBug Vaeda @[email protected] · 2025-02-28 · 01:32 UTC

BLOG | Time Has No Meaning... Neither Does Life

Everything is too much and too little...

https://delphinemusic.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/time-has-no-meaning/ #Abscess, #Anguish, #autism #Autistc , #AutisticBurnout, #ChronicConditions, #ChronicIllness #chronicpain #Degrading #Depression #Despair #Destroyed, #Devastated, #Disabilities, #Disability #Disabled, #Distraught, #Distress, #Distressed, #Fibromyalgia, #Fibroplegia, #FND, #Health, #Healthcare, #Incontinence, #livingwithdisability #MentalHealth, #neuropathicpain #Shame

#abscess #anguish #autism #autistc #autisticburnout #chronicconditions

David Wakeham @[email protected] · 2025-01-29 · 05:18 UTC

Feeling very poorly (quelle surprise!) so I tried for a nap.

The boys joined me, making the day's heat even worse.

I left them to watch birds in the snow. It worked… for a bit.

I had a cold shower - all three cats now camped outside the bathroom door.

No matter what happens, at least they love me.

#Cats #CatsOfMastodon #ChronicPain #Disabled #Exhausted #IndoorCats #ActuallyAutistic

#cats #catsofmastodon #chronicpain #disabled #exhausted #indoorcats

AlsoPaisleyCat 🇨🇦 @[email protected] · 2024-10-04 · 12:39 UTC

Cats in crocheted hats!!! For science.

L’université de Montréal researchers find a cute, more ethical and effective way to find out what’s going on in cats brains with EEGs.

“In a world first, researchers devised a way to non-invasively scan the brains of awake cats — instead of drilling electrodes into their skulls.”

Woke up to this cheering story about a new smart and kind way to study cats’ experiences of chronic pain and alternative ways to soothe it.

‘ “We knew that crochet hats only existed to be cute and we wanted to adapt them to our scientific purpose,” Delsart told the Star. “A successful bet!”

Another student and ardent crocheter in their lab got to work knitting the hats, into which were embedded ten gold-plated EEG electrodes.’

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/cat-scans-canadian-scientists-found-an-adorable-new-way-to-study-cat-brain-activity/article_fcb5b7f0-817d-11ef-b45c-17580a190b29.html

#Cats #Mastocats #Caturday #Crafting #Crochet #Yarn #YarnCrafts #ChronicPain #ResearchOnAnimals #VeterinaryCare #Veterinary #Arthritis #LUniversitéDeMontréal #Québec #Canada

#cats #mastocats #caturday #crafting #crochet #yarn

Maitreya Levanchild @[email protected] · 2024-04-04 · 09:44 UTC

👋🏽 #GoodMorning from my home #studio! ✒️🎨👗🏙️💙🧃☕️🕯️☺️

Up last night with #ChronicConditions symptoms but when #sunlight arrived this #morning I felt inspired 😍🙏🏽😍

Symptoms gone? Heck no! 😝

Yet #inspiration goes a long, LONG way 🙌🏽

Sharing the good vibes! 🥳

#art #coffee #PlantBased #photo #photography #Glasgow #Scotland #HomeOffice #wellbeing #wellness #ChronicIllness #disability #ChronicPain #Migraine #POTS #MECFS #pwME #Dysautonomia #health #MentalHealth
@chronicillness @mecfs

#mentalhealth #health #dysautonomia #pwme #mecfs #pots

Maitreya Levanchild @[email protected] · 2024-03-27 · 19:32 UTC

🙌🏽🥳 Ahhh, the elation of simply not feeling *absolutely terrible*!

I dedicate this special moment (passing as it might be 😝) to folks out there also with #ChronicConditions (1 or 10+ of them 😂) 🤙🏽

You rock, *even if / when you don't feel like it*! 🤘🏽

#wellbeing #wellness #ChronicIllness #disability #disabilities #ChronicPain #Migraine #POTS #MECFS #CFS #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #Hypermobility #Dysautonomia #health #MentalHealth
@chronicillness @mecfs

#mentalhealth #health #dysautonomia #hypermobility #ehlersdanlossyndrome #myalgicencephalomyelitis

🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘 @[email protected] · 2024-01-09 · 15:03 UTC

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#BLABBERMOUTH
OZZY OSBOURNE Says He 'Can't Have Any More Surgery': 'I Had Seven Surgeries In Five Years'

https://blabbermouth.net/news/ozzy-osbourne-says-he-cant-have-any-more-surgery-i-had-seven-surgeries-in-five-years

#OzzyOsbourne
#Surgery
#Health
#Musician
#Injury
#Performing
#Recovery
#ChronicPain
#Treatment
#FamilySupport
#TriumphOverAdversity

#themetaldogarticlelist #blabbermouth #ozzyosbourne #surgery #health #musician

Anna @[email protected] · 2023-12-02 · 02:33 UTC

CW: CW: No GP will help / ME, disabled despair

#Boost please

GPs in clinics are waiting for me to:

1. Go into #agedcare (I’m not aged.)
2. To see a #GP (Who works in their clinic.)
3. Because I don’t fit their business model. (They won’t #homevisit or #Telehealth me even if I see them once.)

Yes they literally said this.

(So I am too sick to help now, but as a younger person in aged care I wouldn’t be?….???!!! What???)

Someone help me! 😭

@mecfs
@chronicpain @chronicillness
#PwME #MEAwarenesshour #MECFS #ChronicPain
#ChronicIllness #PwLC
#Healthcare #MedMastodon
#Australia #Medicine #PatientRights #doctor

#boost #pwme #meawarenesshour #mecfs #chronicpain #chronicillness

Anna @[email protected] · 2023-12-02 · 02:28 UTC

#Boost please

GPs in clinics are waiting for me to:

1. Go into #agedcare (I’m not aged.)
2. To see a #GP (Who works in their clinic.)
3. Because I don’t fit their business model. (They won’t #homevisit or #Telehealth me even if I see them once.)

Yes they literally said this.

Someone help me! 😭

@mecfs
@chronicpain @chronicillness
@disabilityjustice
#PwME #MEAwarenesshour #MECFS #ChronicPain
#ChronicIllness #PwLC
#Healthcare #MedMastodon
#Australia #Disability #PatientRights #Accessibility

#boost #pwme #meawarenesshour #mecfs #chronicpain #chronicillness

Janet Logan (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️ @[email protected] · 2023-10-24 · 10:00 UTC

Good morning. I woke up about 5:30 am after getting just over six hours sleep. Another night of interrupted sleep.

Between "She Who Must Be Obeyed" (bladder) and lower leg cramps from yesterday's outing, it was a fun night. For some definitions of fun.

My neck is hurting. I guess I slept wrong. My lower intestines are cramping. And my nose is stuffy.

OTC Meds are on board.

Have a blessed day.

#spoonie #ChronicPain #fibro #fibromyalgia #StatusReport

#statusreport #fibromyalgia #fibro #chronicpain #spoonie

snake @[email protected] · 2023-08-04 · 02:30 UTC

question: does anyone know if any neurologists or headache experts would be interested in my notes and observations surrounding my migraines? like in an scientific/academic sense?

one of my scientist friends who i shared them with said i should consider reaching out to somebody since theyre so in-depth and ive been documenting my migraines for years. but idk how to do that or if there would actually be any interest lol

boosts appreciated! 🙏
#askFedi #askFediverse #askMastodon #neurology #MigraineChat #migraine #migraines #chronicMigraine #chronicMigraines #chronicPain #chronicIllness

#migraine #chronicmigraines #askfedi #askfediverse #askmastodon #neurology

Lanie Carmelo @[email protected] · 2023-05-18 · 07:22 UTC

Wide awake tonight because I slept until 3:00 PM yesterday and spent a lot of the rest of the day in bed. Just doing stuff on my computer. Had a rough day with #headaches, sound sensitivity, and whooshing in ears from #IIH (high pressure in skull), neck pain, and #fatigue. Lol actually wanted to go back to sleep but headache meds didn't knock me out like they usually do. Anyone else awake? #NEISvoid #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain

#headaches #iih #fatigue #neisvoid #chronicillness #chronicpain

Lanie Carmelo @[email protected] · 2023-04-28 · 01:59 UTC

A few updates, so I'll post a few times instead of trying to cram them into 500 characters. Had to stop wearing the soft neck collar. It was somehow making the high pressure in my skull from #IIH worse, so my #headaches and the whooshing I hear in my ears sometimes got worse. I was in a lot of pain for a couple of days until my mom figured out what was wrong and told me to take the collar off. Luckily, I have my first #physicaltherapy appointment on Monday. #NEISvoid #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain

#iih #headaches #physicaltherapy #neisvoid #chronicillness #chronicpain