Hi, for anyone that doesn’t know me my name is Cassiel, or Cas for short and I have a few #invisibledisabilities . I have fibromyalgia, polycystic ovarian syndrome (pcos) and an undiagnosed autoimmune disorder. I’d really appreciate it if you could read this thread or retweet

I’ve been diagnosed with fibro for about six years now but have been dealing with the symptoms of it for more than a decade. I don’t know how many people seeing this will really care but even after getting a diagnosis I didn’t really feel like I was disabled—

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... because my symptoms didn’t seem as bad as some other peoples and those around me couldn’t tell there was anything wrong so I just figured I was fine but I was clearly wrong.

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Towards the end of sophomore year I started feeling worse and worse everyday and by October of my junior year of high school I couldn’t stand walking to my classes or even just trying to focus while I was in those classes—

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... because I was in so much pain and I would come home crying but it wasn’t until I dropped out of school completely that I realized that wasn’t normal or okay at all.

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... I didn’t know that I could’ve gotten accommodations at school or that I could’ve asked my doctors for mobility aids or anything like that. I didn’t know I was even allowed to use mobility aids because I could walk so clearly I was fine right?

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I just really wish there were more people like @chronicallybren educated us about disabilities I love her so much and if you wanna know a little more about disability, Dysautonomia and other (bookish) things go give her a follow!

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She’s really been a light in my life recently, her and everyone in our “unhealthy ppl” groupchat, showing me that there are other teens going through the same (or similar) things as I am.

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Anyways, my brain fog is really starting to get the best of me and I don’t know how to wrap things up but please if you can try to educate yourself on issues like disability, homophobia, racism.

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Seeing other people stand up for minority groups can really help us feel less alone and unheard. Even just following other disabled creators and giving them a platform can be beneficial!

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Thank you to anyone who read this far!! Here’s some pictures of my cats Happy #InvisibleDisabilitiesWeek

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