Information

Disability
Legacy Name: Disability

The

Blacklight Keeto
Owner:

Ligress

Age: 13 years, 5 months, 1 day

Born: December 8th, 2010

Adopted: 13 years, 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Adopted: December 15th, 2010

Statistics

Level: 14
Strength: 32
Defense: 33
Speed: 35
Health: 34
HP: 34/34
Intelligence: 6
Books Read: 6
Food Eaten: 0
Job: Unemployed

Pet Type: Tribute/Reality
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This pet deals with me coping with real life disability. If that upsets you please do not read.

>br>if go darker may end up as a blacklight keeto or torrey

The talk, the comments, probably not meant badly, but sometimes, they are.
"You don't look sick"
My stomach turns, I sigh and draw a breath in, bracing. They don't know. this is hard.
THIS IS HOW I COPE. Bright colors. A smile. Art. Rainbows. Neon. Doing what I can to stay positive.

Seriously. Who WANTS to look SICK? :P
Everyone wants to be normal, to be loved, to be accepted.
I'm fighting hard to look this well....
Please know my struggle, and strength, are real things.
I never asked to be sick. I never wanted this. But I try, and I try. Sometimes I fail. But I try.

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Why this pet name?
I decided on this name on a pet who lost it's name during a hiatus. And so I picked this after she turned bright colors. Because to me it means something to say I am disabled, but I am not any less me! I'm still bright under the illness! I still love all the things that make me myself! I still have so many dreams, hopes, and I'm still a person who tries my best to be positive! I put on my layers of happiness to cope, my bright colors, my heart so that it doesn't break needs these things. If you know a disabled person please PLEASE don't feel bad for them. No one (usually) likes to feel like everyone is pitying them. There are some people who aren't very good at explaining being sick over and over and just make a wall around themselves because they are scared to get hurt again. And there are a few bad people just like in any group of people. But most of us are very understanding. We know what it's like to be depressed, sick, anxious, etc. We can be the best listeners. All we want is to be treated like a person who has rough times like everyone else. ((I'm speaking for myself I guess so if you disagree please don't message me about it, I'm not looking for a debate.)) I'm just here to share what I know. Just by telling you it means we trust you, or we want you to know why we maybe are slow at replying, or don't always act 'normal'. Please take a moment to understand we all do the best we can in life, but all people are human! As much as we rather be sparking shiny unicorns (or whatever may wish you could be! ^^)
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More info (medical- feel free to skip). IRL- I have severe Interstitial Cystitis, Fibromyalgia, severe GERD (to the point I've been sleeping upright for over ten years and take meds twice daily), neuropathy (severe nerve pain) and several other things I don't wish to list. I have to monitor everything I eat because many things make me ill. I've had chronic depression, ADHD, manic depression since 6.. and now severe anxiety/social difficulty due to the conditions I have. I grew up overprotected and unknowledgeable about people other then having difficulty fitting in. and have a hard time keeping friends because I'm very reclusive IRL and don't know how to socialize well. I've been unofficially disabled since 2002, and had two years we coulsn't figure out what was wrong. Then I got some help, and went back to trying to work and live a life... but eventually it started catching up to the point I couldn't. My body is destroying itself and it's painful. I have been unable to work full time since around 2012, when I started getting more and more sick... to the point I cannot sleep or function on a schedule despite trying for years to get any type of recovery, specialists, scans, medicines. I HATE BEING AT HOME, it's not "fun", it's lonely, depressing, and usually painful. I do have a bird, he helps cheer me up. I do have some meds I'm on but it seems like it's never the right combo of things to 'get back' a normal sort of life . I'm diagnosed but not on 'support' except for my family, who are not rich by any means. PLEASE DONT SEND ME MEDICAL ADVICE. I know it's meant to be caring but I've tried it. I promise, and if I haven't...please respect I don't want it on this website. I love you for caring though! Anyhow, If you read this far, thank you.
And congratulations, you are now at the pretty treasures section! REWARD! LOL