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I& #39;m annoyed that we have to keep saying this, but: wanting a cure for your own disability is not "internalized ableism", and this recurring Discourse Point is just recycled "pain is virtue" Puritanism.
The "wanting a cure is internalized ableism" discourse reminds me a lot of the "wanting to transition as a trans man is internalized misogyny" bullshit.
They& #39;re both the "liberal/left" version of the right& #39;s "This is the body God gave you and it& #39;s a sin to change it." Fuck off.
They& #39;re both the "liberal/left" version of the right& #39;s "This is the body God gave you and it& #39;s a sin to change it." Fuck off.
I get one body in this lifetime. If I want to customize it to my wants, needs, desires, and comfort, that& #39;s my goshdang right. I& #39;m not **bigoted against myself** for maximizing my own happiness.
Also, to be very clear: It& #39;s valid to NOT want a cure for your disability. I have several disabilities that I have no desire to cure.
But a lot of folks, particularly a lot of chronic pain folks, keep being told that wanting to not be in pain makes them bigoted and bad.
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But a lot of folks, particularly a lot of chronic pain folks, keep being told that wanting to not be in pain makes them bigoted and bad.
If I seem cranky around this topic, I& #39;m sorry. It& #39;s just that we have this discourse every month or so, and it& #39;s just so incredibly cruel to tell people who are in terrible pain that their desire to not be in pain makes them a bad member of their community.
[TW: self harm] I think a lot of folks maybe don& #39;t understand that a lot of pain patients grapple with suicidal thoughts and impulses *because* we& #39;re in unbearable pain.
[TW: self harm] People get confused and ask how my pain meds "keep me alive" when I talk about opioid access. They think "keep me alive" means they keep my heart beating and without meds it would stop. They don& #39;t understand I mean "keep me from killing myself".
[TW: self harm] And I rarely feel safe clearing up the confusion because I don& #39;t want to be locked down by Twitter as a self harm risk when I& #39;m just trying to educate people. So we talk in circles.
