Heath Ledger As The Joker (the Dark Knight, 2008)

When you have a chronic ailment, you hear all the time “I could never.”

Oh, you cut out dairy/gluten/ect? I could never. Oh, you do self injections? I could never.

I could never deal with that much pain. I couldn’t live with all those doctor appointments. I could never stay in bed all day, I’d just get so bored! I couldn’t do it, I couldn’t live like that, can’t couldn’t wouldn’t…

Please stop implying to people with something chronic that you’d rather die than go through what they’re going through, and take a minute to understand that their treatment isn’t a hobby. It’s survival.

Yes, people with chronic ailments ARE incredibly strong. They ARE doing things you think you couldn’t ever do.

But they’re the same things that they likely thought they couldn’t ever do until they had no other option.

Yes. Often, someone with a chronic issue sees a notable decline in their quality of life.

That doesn’t make it less worth living.

You could do it if you had to.

“I could never” is not the empathetic response you think it is.

Still Not Over Lucien Lachance 2023

Jennifer Connelly as Sarah Williams, Labyrinth (1986) dir. Jim Henson

i don't just "condone" or "apologize for" everything my favorite fictional characters do i encourage it actually. if i could help them i would.

Gabi is the reason why I dyed my hair blonde

Mia Goth | Infinity Pool 2023 | Brandon Cronenberg

being a slut and mentally ill means i’d do really well as a patient in arkham asylum

Victor Zsasz in Gotham (2014)

JENNIE KIM as DYANNE THE IDOL, E01 ‘POP TARTS & RAT TALES’

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