You are not productivity. You are not strength. You are not labor. You are not an emotional vending machine. You exist beyond what you can and cannot do for other people. You are a person, treat yourself that way.

Prioritize yourself. Center yourself. Think of yourself. You are not a sacrifice. You are not a martyr. You are not your production. You are not your work. You are not the role people have designated for you. You are a person, treat yourself that way.

I pray you find a space, a group of people, an outlet in which you are not required to internalize and perform what you are not feeling. I pray you are allowed to center, process and express exactly where you are and how you are. You are a person, treat yourself that way.

If someone doesn’t understand that you do not exist for them, fuck them. If someone doesn’t understand that “no” is a complete sentence, fuck them. If someone sees you as productivity, erasing your humanity fuck them. You are a person, treat yourself that way.

You deserve care and consideration. You deserve to be loved and looked after. You are not someone’s learning experience. You are not someone’s stepping stone. You do not exist to make others better. You not an inspiration, you are a person, treat yourself that way.

Simply being is enough.

Your existence does not need to be justified.

If they don’t hear you, if they won’t listen, if they don’t understand; let them know who the fuck you are.

Your sadness, your grief, feeling like giving up, being done with everything; it is valid, it is fair and it should never be invalidated. You should not be obligated and expected to rise above everything. You are a person, treat yourself that way.

You do not exist to be at the mercy of others, rest. You are more than productivity, rest. The guilt you feel for simply wanting to “be” is learned and taught, rest. You are deserving of time and space to simply exist, please rest.

Your experiences are valid. Your life is meaningful. Thank you for being, I hope you get the chance to feel loved today and all the days of your life. Disabled people, I love you and I see you. Everyone may get something from this but this has always been for you.

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