Living with a disability

[LarenzoAOG]

I have narcolepsy, not the good kind where you fall asleep a lot and your friends draw penises on your face and you all laugh about it later, I have the kind where you sleep about two hours a night every night and I lose muscle control every now and then.

Basically insomnia lite with a little bit of falling down now and then, to be honest after the first six months or so after it started I sort of just got used to it, and it's actually turned out to be a bit of a boon in college, I'm used to not sleeping so pulling all nighters to study or have fun isn't a big deal for me, plus laying in bed not sleeping is a great way to do some soul searching, much akin to looking out a bus window, learned a lot about my self on nights like those.

 

[krazykidd]

I have only one testicle does that count? It serverly hinders my self confidence , especially with women i want to sleep with .

Was that down to testicular tortion, or something?

Spoiler: In that line of things (possible TMI)

I have a red mark on the shaft of my dick from an injury ages ago. Not pinkish red, but proper red red. Shaped a bit like a tongue of flame. It doesn't hurt or hinder me in any way, I suppose it's just a visual anomaly. I'm always slightly apprehensive of the pants coming off with dates and shit, but more often than not, they either don't care or find it cool.

It was that . It was soon after my 13th birthday ( december 6th ) . Man that shit hurt so bad . I had to go to the hospital twice , the idiot doctor the first time had no idea what it could have been , and sent me home and told me to wait if off . Three days later i went back , saw another doctor , who had me take x-rays , found out my testicle twisted on itself and i had to have surgery . I couldn't walk straight for a whole month . Worst xmas vacation ( from school ever) . My dad bought me a dreamcast that x-mas , and i spent the entire time playing Fur fighters and slave zero .

Damn.

So it just happened? Nobody made a cheap shot at your nads?

Nope , it just happened .

But...

Spoiler

i was masterbating not too long before , but i don't think it had anything to do with it . But trust me it took me a few years before i did that again :/ . I was kinda traumatised i think

 

[The Funslinger]

I have only one testicle does that count? It serverly hinders my self confidence , especially with women i want to sleep with .

Was that down to testicular tortion, or something?

Spoiler: In that line of things (possible TMI)

I have a red mark on the shaft of my dick from an injury ages ago. Not pinkish red, but proper red red. Shaped a bit like a tongue of flame. It doesn't hurt or hinder me in any way, I suppose it's just a visual anomaly. I'm always slightly apprehensive of the pants coming off with dates and shit, but more often than not, they either don't care or find it cool.

It was that . It was soon after my 13th birthday ( december 6th ) . Man that shit hurt so bad . I had to go to the hospital twice , the idiot doctor the first time had no idea what it could have been , and sent me home and told me to wait if off . Three days later i went back , saw another doctor , who had me take x-rays , found out my testicle twisted on itself and i had to have surgery . I couldn't walk straight for a whole month . Worst xmas vacation ( from school ever) . My dad bought me a dreamcast that x-mas , and i spent the entire time playing Fur fighters and slave zero .

Damn.

So it just happened? Nobody made a cheap shot at your nads?

Nope , it just happened .

But...

Spoiler

i was masterbating not too long before , but i don't think it had anything to do with it . But trust me it took me a few years before i did that again :/ . I was kinda traumatised i think

Spoiler

There must have been quite the jiggling.

And I'm sorry I said that.

I still don't know what the hell my mark is supposed to be, but based off of various porn videos and the occasional accidental sight in changing rooms, I'm fairly certain it isn't standard. I guess I have Satanic junk or something.

 

[James Joseph Emerald]

Amputees seem to be able to run in the olympics. Better get rid of those parking places.

That is the finest straw man argument I've ever seen.
Truly, I am in the presence of a master debater and so must concede defeat immediately lest I be soundly trounced.

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

Dyspraxia. My writing is crap and I'm terrible at organising myself. Doing work like an essay is difficult as are some physical things like sports. Overall it isn't that bad but still it is annoying.

 

[BlackStar42]

I'm not sure if it counts, but I have a minor case of dyspraxia. My hand-eye coordination is a pile of wank, and dextrous tasks are extremely difficult for me. This can be a problem in the chem labs, where precision is required. It also causes me to be sensitive to bright light (not a problem in grey, rainy Britain) and generally clumsy. Oh, and I'm terribly disorganised, which is apparently a symptom of it as well.

 

[Vkmies]

Clinical depression. Like some people with ADD and the like before me, I also often experience people just brushing it off. Going "Oh it's nothing, you're just a bit weird, or feeling under the weather". Then, after a few months after meeting me they go "Yeah, I can't really hang out with you, dude. You just... Well, you're weird". I might be, but if actually medicated problems would be taken into fair calculation, maybe your judgement wouldn't be so quick and drastic.

 

[Hjalmar Fryklund]

I ain't sure if it qualifies as disability, but I have coeliac disease which makes it very, very unpleasant for my stomach to break down gluten proteins. This means in practice that I cannot eat anything that contains wheat, barley, rye, and/or some other grain crops. And also, that I can't tithe at 3 out of 4 resturants (you'd likely be quite surprised at the amount of stuff that contains the above mentioned crops).

This might sound like a bit of a non-issue. And it is, when I am at home. But when I travel to another country, or go to a new unfamiliar town for that matter, it can be quite the pain to find places to eat at. Typical safe bets are steak houses, veggie bars, and certain kinds of fast food joints, but they aren't everywhere, especially in smaller towns.

CAPTCHA: global warming

Is captcha becoming compassionate, or trying to deceive us by earning our trust?

 

[Palademon]

Amputees seem to be able to run in the olympics. Better get rid of those parking places.

That is the finest straw man argument I've ever seen.
Truly, I am in the presence of a master debater and so must concede defeat immediately lest I be soundly trounced.

Supposed to be more tongue in cheek than a proper argument. I wasn't trying to incite bad feelings or "win" an argument.

 

[Spider RedNight]

I feel like there was a thread like this a few weeks ago, if that long. I guess telling the internet our issues is the next big thing.

OT: Scoliosis, if it counts for anything. I mean, it's not an OBVIOUS deformity, but people complain when I wanna sit down or stand up because being in that position too long hurt m'back. xD

I SUPPOSE I could unhelpfully chip in with depression, but nobody cares about other people's mental disability unless it's something "impressive" like Asperger's or ADD.

 

[Binkan]

I was diagnosed with ADD about 2 monthes ago and im 23, atleast now i understand why i had alot of problems in school:/ also i've done enough operations on my right leg to lose count and the four last operations went horribly wrong and made me lose most of sense of feeling or whatever it's called below my knee and the ability to run because if i do my leg will break:/

 

[Rule Britannia]

I'm colourblind, partially deaf in my right ear and have -5.00 vision. Not a major inconvenience it's just somethign that's always there.

I like to think my hearing isn't a problem anymore though, I've learnt to pay closer attention when listening to people to get every detail.

 

[Fractral]

myalgic encephalomyelitis
more commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome, but that's the misnomer of the fucking century

it's a multi-systemic condition generally defined, obviously, by consistent fatigue not alleviated by rest and accompanied by several other specific symptoms such as post-exertional malaise, widespread joint and muscle pain, constant severe headaches, mental and physical fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, and much more.
the way it hits you is like a fingerprint, the laundry list of symptoms switches ever so slightly from person to person with varying degrees of severity. some people have headaches that render them half blind and others just deal with a persistent dull ache. some sufferers might complain of night sweats or a chronic cough or something and others wouldn't. there's no specific test for it so to be diagnosed you pretty much just go through a process of elimination and hope your doc actually believes the shit exists
oh yeah by the way some doctors don't believe it properly exists, particularly in the uk. it's considered to be a psychiatric condition, like it's all in the head. so there's that

Its a real shame how little people know about that condition. Last I heard, no-one knew how it starts, why it starts, or why it does what it does. My sister was diagnosed with it about 4 years ago when she was 14, and it wouldn't be an understatement to say it ruined her life. She all but dropped out of school due to being unable to attend, and only managed 6 GCSE's, which she had to take at home, and then managed about a week of 6th form before dropping out of that. She spent the next two years sitting at home all day being bored out of her mind, in pain, unable to sleep, depressed, and a whole load of other stuff. And no doctor could tell her why.
Hers isn't the worst case I've heard of- we had a neighbour who was literally unable to move on bad days, and had to be fed by her husband. Even on her best days she was incapable of getting out of bed.

 

[Zero47]

I have Aspergers Syndrome. It has had a major impact on my life, personal issues that would've been hard for any growing teen to deal with became impassible barriers because of my AS. I bloody hate it.

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

myalgic encephalomyelitis
more commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome, but that's the misnomer of the fucking century

it's a multi-systemic condition generally defined, obviously, by consistent fatigue not alleviated by rest and accompanied by several other specific symptoms such as post-exertional malaise, widespread joint and muscle pain, constant severe headaches, mental and physical fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, and much more.
the way it hits you is like a fingerprint, the laundry list of symptoms switches ever so slightly from person to person with varying degrees of severity. some people have headaches that render them half blind and others just deal with a persistent dull ache. some sufferers might complain of night sweats or a chronic cough or something and others wouldn't. there's no specific test for it so to be diagnosed you pretty much just go through a process of elimination and hope your doc actually believes the shit exists
oh yeah by the way some doctors don't believe it properly exists, particularly in the uk. it's considered to be a psychiatric condition, like it's all in the head. so there's that

Its a real shame how little people know about that condition. Last I heard, no-one knew how it starts, why it starts, or why it does what it does. My sister was diagnosed with it about 4 years ago when she was 14, and it wouldn't be an understatement to say it ruined her life. She all but dropped out of school due to being unable to attend, and only managed 6 GCSE's, which she had to take at home, and then managed about a week of 6th form before dropping out of that. She spent the next two years sitting at home all day being bored out of her mind, in pain, unable to sleep, depressed, and a whole load of other stuff. And no doctor could tell her why.
Hers isn't the worst case I've heard of- we had a neighbour who was literally unable to move on bad days, and had to be fed by her husband. Even on her best days she was incapable of getting out of bed.

yeah, it has a habit of ruining your fucking life
i was eleven when it hit me. i managed to finish primary school before being floored by the first three weeks of secondary. never really finished school and spent my entire adolescence in a bed, and i consider myself one of the lucky ones

if my mother didn't have it, we'd have never even considered it. mostly because we wouldn't even fucking know about it. it's an invisible illness in more ways than one

i hope everything works out for your sister. this is a fucking awful way to live

y'know, not to sound whiny or anything, aside from the constant agony and the decimated future shit is working out pretty cash for me

 

[Something Amyss]

If we're counting mental disabilities, the list could get pretty long.

To be concise, OCD, dyslexia, ADHD, General Anxiety Disorder, migraines (severe ones), hypersensitivity (no cool Daredevil powers, though), a nerve disorder where my hands copy one another (at the very least, typing's a *****) Dizzy spells which may or may not be related to the migraines, and restless spleen syndrome (okay, that's made up).

I know plenty of people who say they have A.D.D because they get distracted easily, but can concentrate fine when they need to.

You know, that doesn't exactly preclude ADHD.

I have only one testicle does that count? It serverly hinders my self confidence , especially with women i want to sleep with .

Hitler had one testicle, and look what he accomplished.

...Not that you should try to emulate him or anything.

In terms of disabilities mine is a bit of a list, I have Hypoglycemia (Low blood sugar) OCD (Obsessive compulsive disorder), GAD (Generalized anxiety disorder), Epilepsy, MS (Multiple sclerosis), Bipolar disorder, and last but not least, Brain damage. Although I'm 95% recovered from the brain damage it still causes a lot of issues such as the Obsessive compulsive, Anxiety, and Bipolar Disorder which is why meds probably won't work (for the bipolar). I have a 125 I.Q. and I can't use it. Ain't that a pisser.

MS? My sympathies. My mom has MS and it runs in my family so a few other family members do.

 

[Marcus Kehoe]

I have dysgrphia which is just a kinda specific case dyslexia where all my communication skills as hampered. I have a speech impediment my writing is terrible and I generally have a hard time with languages. Reading is also an issue, I usually forget 60% of what I read.

It's not as bad as it used to be due to speech classes and help as in grade school but It's still very evident in my life.

 

[SirNerd]

Getting the 28 warts from my hands cryogenically removed (liquid nitrogen) over the course of two years left me with several oddities. It happened when i was 8 and they started with my right hand, and I lost the use of it. This is the time where you learn how to actually write, and because of that, my writing is downright chicken scratch. Because of this, I became ambidextrous and can do anything but write with both hands to pick up the slack when they were focusing on removing warts on a certain hand. The process also deadened the nerves in my hands, I don't feel things as well nor do I feel pain. This is handy in boxing.

On the downside, other than the crap handwriting, I also have had the shakes in my hands since I was 10. This is a combination of inheriting it from my father and from the wart treatment. When I'm not tired or exhausted, it's very slight tremble, when I get tired, it looks really bad.

I'm also near sighted, have busted cartilage in my left knee (kickboxing) and a bad left shoulder (Judo). I'm 20 with the hands like my Parkinson's ridden grandad.

 

[Karthesios]

Living with cystic fibrosis (if you're not born with it, you won't get it) is all kinds of not fun. I'll leave it up to you guys to wikipedia it, but I can sum it up with diminished lung function and having to take enzymes before I eat anything, lest I not absorb its content properly.

As I type this, I'm taking a dose of an inhaled antibiotic which I take in four-week cycles (four weeks on, four weeks off). Fortunately, tomorrow is the last day of the "on" cycle.

 

[Sangreal Gothcraft]

I have ADHD and i must say, it enhanced my sex life..Not really i just need to focus a lot harder than usual. I don't think it is disability...more like Ride to free meds, which i do not take. I don't like to be Doped up.