Anna ✨

5 years ago I was in intensive care following a suicide attempt. Today I woke up in my own flat, ate chocolate for breakfast and felt glad that I’m alive. Life isn’t perfect now, but it’s a million times better than it was then.

Disabled people are not unreliable narrators of their own experience.

A 2018 review found that women with chronic pain wait longer for diagnoses and are more likely to receive sedatives rather than pain relief. (Samulowitz et al., 2018)

No, you're not entitled to judge how anyone spends their money... Even if that comes from the welfare system. It's their money.

I painted my self-harm scars gold. Not to erase or glamourise them. But to honour what it took to survive them. It’s one of the most powerful things I’ve done. It didn’t fix anything, but it reminded me I am still here and that’s a beautiful thing! instagram.com/p/DMYNnN-N5CN/…

One of the hardest parts of being chronically ill is that rest isn’t restorative. You can lie in bed for days and still feel like you’ve run a marathon when you stand up.

I’m not “faking” my autism just because you didn’t notice it before. I was just good at making you comfortable while quietly falling apart.

For many neurodivergent people, eating isn’t just about food. It’s about routine, texture, predictability, sensory safety. Disrupting that without understanding the why doesn’t help — it retraumatises.

Being neurodivergent with an eating disorder means your food struggles are often dismissed as “quirks” — until you’re starving. Then they call it non-compliance.

It’s wild how many of us got diagnosed in adulthood and suddenly everything made sense — the burnout, the shutdowns, the sensory stuff, the “too intense” labels. We weren’t broken. We were just autistic and unsupported.

Recovery advice like “just eat intuitively” doesn’t work when your interoception is off and hunger feels like static. Neurodivergent people need different tools — not one-size-fits-all recovery plans.

A lot of ND folks grow up being told we’re “too much,” “too rigid,” “too sensitive.” Is it any wonder we try to shrink ourselves down — even to the point of disappearing?

I can’t continue my therapy with the mental health team because of the severity of my ME symptoms. I can’t help but think if the hospital had sent me home with a way to manage my nutrition the discussion about therapy restarting would be very different 😔

PIP isn’t about support. It’s about proving how badly your life is going — in just the right wording — to someone who doesn’t know you, believe you, or medically understand you. #TakingThePIP

How to respond to "You don't look autistic" 1. You don't look ignorant, yet here we are 2. I'm sorry. I don't trust you enough yet to unmask. That response makes me trust you less 3. What does autism look like then? 4. Thanks, years of bullying forced me to hide it

PIP isn’t just about money. It’s access to transport. Food. Care. Dignity. Independence. When people are denied PIP, they’re often denied life. #TakingThePIP

I’d love to work full time. I’d also love to not collapse, be in hospital, or need 3-hour naps after a shower. Chronic illness doesn’t care what I want to do. But the system punishes me for not doing it anyway. #DisabledAndPunished

Me: the DWP says PIP FRAUD is zero. Them: there's definitely fraud, because my cousin knows someone down the pub who doesn't look disabled. Facts Don’t Matter To Ableists. #DisabilityRebellion

Gisèle Pelicot bravely waived her anonymity to expose years of abuse. At 72, she’s been awarded France’s highest honour. Her courage has moved not just a nation, but the world. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The PIP points system isn’t neutral. It was designed to exclude people with invisible illnesses, fluctuating symptoms, trauma histories, neurodivergence, and fatigue-based disabilities. If you’re not visibly suffering 24/7, you’re treated as a fraud. #TakingThePIP

I spent 8 weeks in hospital, have been at my parents for 2 weeks and now I have to move into a hotel because my flat flooded and they still don’t know where the leak is coming from… I just want my own bed back, with my own things around me 😭