pilgrimkitty:

We need to normalize talking about our bodies.

A lot of people who have chronic illnesses don’t realize they have chronic illnesses because they honestly don’t realize that it’s not normal to be tired all the time or have headaches every day or have debilitating menstrual cramps or have lots of tummy/potty problems. Or if they don’t think it’s normal, they think it’s their fault, that they’re not taking good enough care of themselves or their just lazy or whatever. It doesn’t even occur to most people to mention a lot of these things to their doctors because they’ve just always been there. And we don’t mention them to our friends and family because it’s not normal to talk about our bodies.

So, normalize talking about our bodies. Destigmatize it.