What's your disability?
I have a learning disability.
What is the most difficult part of your disability?
For me its being slow when my brain sometimes either moves toooo fast or not fast enough and I have to take longer on stuff.
I have Macular Degeneration, PTSD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Anxiety, Depression, OCD, Peptic Esophagitis Disease, and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
Hi everyone!
I have Anxiety, PTSD, Depression, Asthma that is triggered by allergies, and a CHD.
Outside of mental health issues that greatly interfere with my life. My disabilities include...
- Tachycardia w/ PVCs
- Restrictive Lung Disease
- Gastroparesis
- Severly Delayed Colonic Transit
- GERD & Regurgitation issues
- Endometriosis
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
- Pelvic Pain
- Pelvic Floor Pain
- Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
- Suspected Adenmyosis
- Vulvadonyia
- Intersistital Cystits
- Neuopathy of legs
- Neuropathy of arm
- Encephalopathy
- Failed Back Syndrome
- Exposed Nerve in back
- Spinal Stenosis
- Herniated discs
- Degenerative Disc Disease of entire spine
anxiety, depression, OCD
I have extreme social anxiety, an extreme speech impairment (which causes me to be bullied and pushed around a lot), and I have POTS.
@BabyHedgehog0520
heya what speech impairment do you have? I stutter and it caused a lot of childhood suffering because I didnt know how to cope.. actually I still struggle quite a bit but Im working on finding acceptance. People still bully me at times as an adult just in a different way... I realize I can only control how I react to other people and cannot control them but its so dang hard.
@pinkWriter8847 I stutter too. It is super annoying because people seem to really really really get enjoyment from mocking me. And it is so embarrassing sometimes.
@BabyHedgehog0520 Are you in any support groups for people who stutter? If you're in the USA there is the National Stuttering Association (NSA) where I found invaluable support through a local chapter. There are different organizations around the world too if you're based somewhere else. Feel free to message me if you want to talk. It helps me so much to talk to people who actually "get" stuttering. Hang in there and know you are not alone!
I have scoliosis (have had rod placement surgery and then removal surgery due to osteomyelitis), due to scoliosis I also have a leg descrepancy, rib hump and skapular diskenesis. I have spinal osteo arthritis, postural orthostatic tachycardia, idiopathic hypersomnia, gastroparesis, pcos, adenomyosis, seborrheic dermatitis (I'm losing my hair at the moment), polymorphic light eruption and oral allergy syndrome. I have battled MRSA, staph and corynebacterium infections. I'm allergic to a few antibiotics and pain meds. Also allergic to stitches, all animals and grass, pollen, hay, dust, dust mites and mold. I have anxiety, depression and PTSD. With a lot of work, I've shifted my mindset and managed to not let all of this overpower my life. I now focus on yoga and natural supplements and eat as healthy as I can. 😊
I have relapsing polychondritis, but with that, or because of that, I have Eustachian tube dysfunction, Tachy-Brady Syndrome, Afib, Diverticulitis, Vestibular dysfunction...probably more lol
I have a spinal cord injury (SCI)
Its a complete injury/ASIA A which means no messages to/from the brain can get past it, it's a C5, C6 and C7 injury which are the cervical vertabrae 5, 6 and 7 down in the neck.
I pretty much can only move/feel bits of my arms (basically nothing in my hands or triceps) and my head/neck.
I use a power chair for getting around usually when out but I have a manual I use at home and sometimes at school.
I also have a caretaker/aide to help me do things such as get in/out of bed and get dressed.
@astralie Hi, it's nice to meet you. It sounds like you have a lot to deal with. It's great that you are attending school in power chair or regular wheelchair. How are things going for you at school?
I have hypermobile ehlers danlos syndrome, gastroparesis, and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
@adventurousBranch3786 It's going good mostly. Currently have a lot of math work to do which is hard when you can only type but that's fine.
I have a lot of projects to do as well but I've been working on them.
@astralie Best of luck to you in your studies (especially math). I hope to see you here at disability community.
@adventurousBranch3786
Thanks, I'll try be active but it can be quite tiring with my arms