#spoonies — Public Fediverse posts

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Includes subsections under the category of "Failures in medical training that promote medical gaslighting" with the following headings:

• Insufficient preparation for chronic illness
• Common and serious diseases are neglected in medical training
• Psychosomatic illness
• Inability to accept uncertainty

#MedicalGaslighting #Gaslighting #MedMastodon
@longcovid @mecfs #chronicillness #spoonies #NEISvoid #chronicillnesses #hiddenillnesses

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Includes subsections under the category of "Failures in medical training that promote medical gaslighting" with the following headings:

• Insufficient preparation for chronic illness
• Common and serious diseases are neglected in medical training
• Psychosomatic illness
• Inability to accept uncertainty

#MedicalGaslighting #Gaslighting #MedMastodon
@longcovid @mecfs #chronicillness #spoonies #NEISvoid #chronicillnesses #hiddenillnesses

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Includes subsections under the category of "Failures in medical training that promote medical gaslighting" with the following headings:

• Insufficient preparation for chronic illness
• Common and serious diseases are neglected in medical training
• Psychosomatic illness
• Inability to accept uncertainty

#MedicalGaslighting #Gaslighting #MedMastodon
@longcovid @mecfs #chronicillness #spoonies #NEISvoid #chronicillnesses #hiddenillnesses

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Includes subsections under the category of "Failures in medical training that promote medical gaslighting" with the following headings:

• Insufficient preparation for chronic illness
• Common and serious diseases are neglected in medical training
• Psychosomatic illness
• Inability to accept uncertainty

#MedicalGaslighting #Gaslighting #MedMastodon
@longcovid @mecfs #chronicillness #spoonies #NEISvoid #chronicillnesses #hiddenillnesses

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Includes subsections under the category of "Failures in medical training that promote medical gaslighting" with the following headings:

• Insufficient preparation for chronic illness
• Common and serious diseases are neglected in medical training
• Psychosomatic illness
• Inability to accept uncertainty

#MedicalGaslighting #Gaslighting #MedMastodon
@longcovid @mecfs #chronicillness #spoonies #NEISvoid #chronicillnesses #hiddenillnesses

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"How medical training promotes medical gaslighting" by K. Johnstone

https://mecfs.substack.com/p/how-medical-training-promotes-medical

This is not illness specific.

#chronicillness #hiddenillness #invisibleillness @longcovid
#LongCovid #MEcfs
@mecfs #ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll

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"How medical training promotes medical gaslighting" by K. Johnstone

https://mecfs.substack.com/p/how-medical-training-promotes-medical

This is not illness specific.

#chronicillness #hiddenillness #invisibleillness @longcovid
#LongCovid #MEcfs
@mecfs #ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll

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"How medical training promotes medical gaslighting" by K. Johnstone

https://mecfs.substack.com/p/how-medical-training-promotes-medical

This is not illness specific.

#chronicillness #hiddenillness #invisibleillness @longcovid
#LongCovid #MEcfs
@mecfs #ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll

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"How medical training promotes medical gaslighting" by K. Johnstone

https://mecfs.substack.com/p/how-medical-training-promotes-medical

This is not illness specific.

#chronicillness #hiddenillness #invisibleillness @longcovid
#LongCovid #MEcfs
@mecfs #ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll

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"How medical training promotes medical gaslighting" by K. Johnstone

https://mecfs.substack.com/p/how-medical-training-promotes-medical

This is not illness specific.

#chronicillness #hiddenillness #invisibleillness @longcovid
#LongCovid #MEcfs
@mecfs #ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll

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"Medical gaslighting is serious, harmful, and out of control: I’ve been working through what medical gaslighting is, how we should talk about it, and how it should be dealt with. Here’s where I’m at." by K. Johnstone

https://mecfs.substack.com/p/medical-gaslighting-is-serious-harmful

#MedicalGaslighting #neisvoid
#chronicillness
#chroniclife
#ChronicPain
#Spoonielife
#hiddenillness
#invisibleillness
#ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll

"Medical gaslighting is serious, harmful, and out of control: I’ve been working through what medical gaslighting is, how we should talk about it, and how it should be dealt with. Here’s where I’m at." by K. Johnstone

https://mecfs.substack.com/p/medical-gaslighting-is-serious-harmful

#MedicalGaslighting #neisvoid
#chronicillness
#chroniclife
#ChronicPain
#Spoonielife
#hiddenillness
#invisibleillness
#ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll

"Medical gaslighting is serious, harmful, and out of control: I’ve been working through what medical gaslighting is, how we should talk about it, and how it should be dealt with. Here’s where I’m at." by K. Johnstone

https://mecfs.substack.com/p/medical-gaslighting-is-serious-harmful

#MedicalGaslighting #neisvoid
#chronicillness
#chroniclife
#ChronicPain
#Spoonielife
#hiddenillness
#invisibleillness
#ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll

"Medical gaslighting is serious, harmful, and out of control: I’ve been working through what medical gaslighting is, how we should talk about it, and how it should be dealt with. Here’s where I’m at." by K. Johnstone

https://mecfs.substack.com/p/medical-gaslighting-is-serious-harmful

#MedicalGaslighting #neisvoid
#chronicillness
#chroniclife
#ChronicPain
#Spoonielife
#hiddenillness
#invisibleillness
#ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll

"Medical gaslighting is serious, harmful, and out of control: I’ve been working through what medical gaslighting is, how we should talk about it, and how it should be dealt with. Here’s where I’m at." by K. Johnstone

https://mecfs.substack.com/p/medical-gaslighting-is-serious-harmful

#MedicalGaslighting #neisvoid
#chronicillness
#chroniclife
#ChronicPain
#Spoonielife
#hiddenillness
#invisibleillness
#ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll

News Release 9-Mar-2026

Telemedicine remains popular, but who uses it varies widely

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1119321

“Telemedicine is no longer just a pandemic workaround—it has become a routine part of care delivery,”

#chronicillness #Spoonie #ChronicallyIll #ChronicIllnesses #Spoonies

News Release 9-Mar-2026

Telemedicine remains popular, but who uses it varies widely

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1119321

“Telemedicine is no longer just a pandemic workaround—it has become a routine part of care delivery,”

#chronicillness #Spoonie #ChronicallyIll #ChronicIllnesses #Spoonies

News Release 9-Mar-2026

Telemedicine remains popular, but who uses it varies widely

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1119321

“Telemedicine is no longer just a pandemic workaround—it has become a routine part of care delivery,”

#chronicillness #Spoonie #ChronicallyIll #ChronicIllnesses #Spoonies

News Release 9-Mar-2026

Telemedicine remains popular, but who uses it varies widely

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1119321

“Telemedicine is no longer just a pandemic workaround—it has become a routine part of care delivery,”

#chronicillness #Spoonie #ChronicallyIll #ChronicIllnesses #Spoonies

News Release 9-Mar-2026

Telemedicine remains popular, but who uses it varies widely

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1119321

“Telemedicine is no longer just a pandemic workaround—it has become a routine part of care delivery,”

#chronicillness #Spoonie #ChronicallyIll #ChronicIllnesses #Spoonies

Years of scapegoating rhetoric has led to ‘envy & resentment’ of those with blue badges, research finds

Note: blue badge = UK name for disabled parking permit

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/years-of-scapegoating-rhetoric-has-led-to-envy-and-resentment-of-those-with-blue-badges-research-finds/

Screenshot from AMMES March 2026 Newsletter

#Disabled #Disability #chronicillness
#chroniclife
#ChronicPain
#Spoonielife
#hiddenillness
#invisibleillness
#ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
@mecfs @longcovid
#LongCovid #POTS @pots

Years of scapegoating rhetoric has led to ‘envy & resentment’ of those with blue badges, research finds

Note: blue badge = UK name for disabled parking permit

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/years-of-scapegoating-rhetoric-has-led-to-envy-and-resentment-of-those-with-blue-badges-research-finds/

Screenshot from AMMES March 2026 Newsletter

#Disabled #Disability #chronicillness
#chroniclife
#ChronicPain
#Spoonielife
#hiddenillness
#invisibleillness
#ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
@mecfs @longcovid
#LongCovid #POTS @pots

Years of scapegoating rhetoric has led to ‘envy & resentment’ of those with blue badges, research finds

Note: blue badge = UK name for disabled parking permit

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/years-of-scapegoating-rhetoric-has-led-to-envy-and-resentment-of-those-with-blue-badges-research-finds/

Screenshot from AMMES March 2026 Newsletter

#Disabled #Disability #chronicillness
#chroniclife
#ChronicPain
#Spoonielife
#hiddenillness
#invisibleillness
#ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
@mecfs @longcovid
#LongCovid #POTS @pots

Years of scapegoating rhetoric has led to ‘envy & resentment’ of those with blue badges, research finds

Note: blue badge = UK name for disabled parking permit

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/years-of-scapegoating-rhetoric-has-led-to-envy-and-resentment-of-those-with-blue-badges-research-finds/

Screenshot from AMMES March 2026 Newsletter

#Disabled #Disability #chronicillness
#chroniclife
#ChronicPain
#Spoonielife
#hiddenillness
#invisibleillness
#ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
@mecfs @longcovid
#LongCovid #POTS @pots

Years of scapegoating rhetoric has led to ‘envy & resentment’ of those with blue badges, research finds

Note: blue badge = UK name for disabled parking permit

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/years-of-scapegoating-rhetoric-has-led-to-envy-and-resentment-of-those-with-blue-badges-research-finds/

Screenshot from AMMES March 2026 Newsletter

#Disabled #Disability #chronicillness
#chroniclife
#ChronicPain
#Spoonielife
#hiddenillness
#invisibleillness
#ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
@mecfs @longcovid
#LongCovid #POTS @pots

"Rather than holding onto the idea that the only life worth living is one without disease, consider expanding your definition of hope to include connection, purpose, & meaning under any circumstances"

From:
Recap: Support group: Coping with Depression & Emotional Overload
https://batemanhornecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260217-Support-Group-Recap.pdf

#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
@mecfs @longcovid
#LongCovid #POTS @pots #chronicillness
#chroniclife
#ChronicPain
#Spoonielife
#hiddenillness
#ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll

"Rather than holding onto the idea that the only life worth living is one without disease, consider expanding your definition of hope to include connection, purpose, & meaning under any circumstances"

From:
Recap: Support group: Coping with Depression & Emotional Overload
https://batemanhornecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260217-Support-Group-Recap.pdf

#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
@mecfs @longcovid
#LongCovid #POTS @pots #chronicillness
#chroniclife
#ChronicPain
#Spoonielife
#hiddenillness
#ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll

"Rather than holding onto the idea that the only life worth living is one without disease, consider expanding your definition of hope to include connection, purpose, & meaning under any circumstances"

From:
Recap: Support group: Coping with Depression & Emotional Overload
https://batemanhornecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260217-Support-Group-Recap.pdf

#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
@mecfs @longcovid
#LongCovid #POTS @pots #chronicillness
#chroniclife
#ChronicPain
#Spoonielife
#hiddenillness
#ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll

"Rather than holding onto the idea that the only life worth living is one without disease, consider expanding your definition of hope to include connection, purpose, & meaning under any circumstances"

From:
Recap: Support group: Coping with Depression & Emotional Overload
https://batemanhornecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260217-Support-Group-Recap.pdf

#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
@mecfs @longcovid
#LongCovid #POTS @pots #chronicillness
#chroniclife
#ChronicPain
#Spoonielife
#hiddenillness
#ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll

"Rather than holding onto the idea that the only life worth living is one without disease, consider expanding your definition of hope to include connection, purpose, & meaning under any circumstances"

From:
Recap: Support group: Coping with Depression & Emotional Overload
https://batemanhornecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260217-Support-Group-Recap.pdf

#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
@mecfs @longcovid
#LongCovid #POTS @pots #chronicillness
#chroniclife
#ChronicPain
#Spoonielife
#hiddenillness
#ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll

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"The Quiet Art of Extending a Life: Notes on Assistive Tools, Capacity, and the Dignity of Support"

https://onelifelivedwell.substack.com/p/the-quiet-art-of-extending-a-life

Another thoughtful post from this OT who specialises in ME/CFS & long Covid

She calls such devices "capacity extenders".

#chronicillness
#chroniclife
#ChronicPain
#Spoonielife
#hiddenillness
#invisibleillness
#ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
@mecfs @longcovid
#LongCovid #POTS @pots
#Disabled
#Disability

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"The Quiet Art of Extending a Life: Notes on Assistive Tools, Capacity, and the Dignity of Support"

https://onelifelivedwell.substack.com/p/the-quiet-art-of-extending-a-life

Another thoughtful post from this OT who specialises in ME/CFS & long Covid

She calls such devices "capacity extenders".

#chronicillness
#chroniclife
#ChronicPain
#Spoonielife
#hiddenillness
#invisibleillness
#ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
@mecfs @longcovid
#LongCovid #POTS @pots
#Disabled
#Disability

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Image is from an email from Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine Center for Collaborative Research

Links from image:
https://www.cards2warriors.org/
https://www.cards2warriors.org/happy-mail

#chronicillness #illness #Illhealth #ChronicIllnesses #Spoonies #Spoonie #ChronicallyIll

Image is from an email from Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine Center for Collaborative Research

Links from image:
https://www.cards2warriors.org/
https://www.cards2warriors.org/happy-mail

#chronicillness #illness #Illhealth #ChronicIllnesses #Spoonies #Spoonie #ChronicallyIll

🙈😭🙈 HIDING 🙈😭🙈

I'm usually a major stoic when having a medically bad day. Why? In part, a Nordic upbringing. But there's more.

Years, hiding out in the "Disability Closet." It's primal, this instinct to mask our weaknesses. Over 20+ years, I fine-honed masking, fearing loss of family, friends, business, independence. Who wants to hear about pain? Soul-crushing fatigue? Costly specialists? No one, not really.

❓️❓️❓️ #Spoonies, ever felt this way? ❓️❓️❓️

#DisabilityMatters #Healthcare

🙈😭🙈 HIDING 🙈😭🙈

I'm usually a major stoic when having a medically bad day. Why? In part, a Nordic upbringing. But there's more.

Years, hiding out in the "Disability Closet." It's primal, this instinct to mask our weaknesses. Over 20+ years, I fine-honed masking, fearing loss of family, friends, business, independence. Who wants to hear about pain? Soul-crushing fatigue? Costly specialists? No one, not really.

❓️❓️❓️ #Spoonies, ever felt this way? ❓️❓️❓️

#DisabilityMatters #Healthcare

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From Blanchardstown Centre for Independent Living on X

🎙 On #DisabilityMatters, Mary Tynan shares how ME & access barriers shape her life — and art, talks about her new film Nadirshah.
📻 Thurs 4PM | 5 Jun on @925PhoenixFM

More:
https://bcil.ie/archives/8344

#Disability #PwME #MEcfs #CFS @disability @mecfs #myalgicencephalomyelitis @chronicillness #chronicillness @spoonies #spoonie #spoonies

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From Blanchardstown Centre for Independent Living on X

🎙 On #DisabilityMatters, Mary Tynan shares how ME & access barriers shape her life — and art, talks about her new film Nadirshah.
📻 Thurs 4PM | 5 Jun on @925PhoenixFM

More:
https://bcil.ie/archives/8344

#Disability #PwME #MEcfs #CFS @disability @mecfs #myalgicencephalomyelitis @chronicillness #chronicillness @spoonies #spoonie #spoonies

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Please donate to help my friend with chronic illness afford food this month. 💗 🙏

mealtrain.com/56g64r

@crowdfunding @chronicillness @disability @disabilityjustice

#mutualaid #disability #spoonies #chronicillness #covid #covidsafe

"Ways you can support a friend and chronic pain"

Also applies to many with chronic illnesses and disabilities

=================
Hashtags:
#ChronicPain #ChronicPainWarrior #ChronicPainAwareness
@chronicillness
@spoonies
@disability
@chronicpain @longcovid
#LongCovid @mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #chronicillness #chroniclife
#Spoonielife #hiddenillness
#invisibleillness #ChronicIllnesses #Spoonies
#Spoonie #ChronicallyIll
#ChronicIllnessMemes

"Ways you can support a friend and chronic pain"

Also applies to many with chronic illnesses and disabilities

=================
Hashtags:
#ChronicPain #ChronicPainWarrior #ChronicPainAwareness
@chronicillness
@spoonies
@disability
@chronicpain @longcovid
#LongCovid @mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #chronicillness #chroniclife
#Spoonielife #hiddenillness
#invisibleillness #ChronicIllnesses #Spoonies
#Spoonie #ChronicallyIll
#ChronicIllnessMemes

Ever feel like you're only being held together by adrenalin and caffeine? God help me if one of them runs out 🤪🥴

#spoonies #neisvoid #ADHDers #neurodivergent #chronicpain #TNWarrior

Ever feel like you're only being held together by adrenalin and caffeine? God help me if one of them runs out 🤪🥴

#spoonies #neisvoid #ADHDers #neurodivergent #chronicpain #TNWarrior

Ever feel like you're only being held together by adrenalin and caffeine? God help me if one of them runs out 🤪🥴

#spoonies #neisvoid #ADHDers #neurodivergent #chronicpain #TNWarrior

I just saw a recipe for shrimp porridge by Maangchi and wanted to comment on some possible adaptations for #spoonies or fellow #ADHDers who don't deal well with keeping an eye on something for 30 minutes or more.

Note, this is probably not going to taste like hers, but hopefully as tasty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55gH9vfoOgo&t=56s

#food #SpoonieEats

I just saw a recipe for shrimp porridge by Maangchi and wanted to comment on some possible adaptations for #spoonies or fellow #ADHDers who don't deal well with keeping an eye on something for 30 minutes or more.

Note, this is probably not going to taste like hers, but hopefully as tasty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55gH9vfoOgo&t=56s

#food #SpoonieEats

I just saw a recipe for shrimp porridge by Maangchi and wanted to comment on some possible adaptations for #spoonies or fellow #ADHDers who don't deal well with keeping an eye on something for 30 minutes or more.

Note, this is probably not going to taste like hers, but hopefully as tasty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55gH9vfoOgo&t=56s

#food #SpoonieEats

I just saw a recipe for shrimp porridge by Maangchi and wanted to comment on some possible adaptations for #spoonies or fellow #ADHDers who don't deal well with keeping an eye on something for 30 minutes or more.

Note, this is probably not going to taste like hers, but hopefully as tasty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55gH9vfoOgo&t=56s

#food #SpoonieEats

I just saw a recipe for shrimp porridge by Maangchi and wanted to comment on some possible adaptations for #spoonies or fellow #ADHDers who don't deal well with keeping an eye on something for 30 minutes or more.

Note, this is probably not going to taste like hers, but hopefully as tasty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55gH9vfoOgo&t=56s

#food #SpoonieEats

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"7. “I’m in more pain than someone could even imagine. I wouldn’t wish this pain on my worst enemies. I don’t like to complain to those around me because if I did, I’d be complaining 24/7 and I don’t want to be ‘annoying’ or ‘a burden’ to anyone.”

@chronicillness @spoonies #fatigue #chronicillness #chroniclife
#Spoonielife #hiddenillness
#invisibleillness #ChronicIllnesses #Spoonies
#Spoonie #ChronicallyIll #ChronicPain #ChronicPainWarrior #ChronicPainAwareness