Post #789

transcription: "user: teaboot Some rando: You should think about stopping your prescription Me: My pills make me not want to die tho They: You shouldn't want to die, that's not normal Me: Yeah that's why I'm taking my pills Again: But you aren't the *real* you when you're on your pills Me: I'm the alive version of me An actual doctor, once: "Relying On A Chemical Crutch For A Hormonal Imbalance Denies The Fortitude Of The Human Soul" Me: Cool so like I'm agnostic user: inner-muse They: "But you might be on pills the rest of your life!" Me: "So?" user: illnessisnteasy Good! That means that I have a "rest of" my life to continue living! Thanks to the pills. user: erinptah Meanwhile, no person ever: "You should think about giving up your insulin/antiretrovirals/beta blockers/anti-rejection drugs/prosthetic legs/ daily multivitamin, because using those your whole life is bad for some reason" user: teaboot Oh no, they do that too. user: we-are-not-ok I have a kidney transplant. A woman once told me she didn't believe in organ transplants and that people should just die when they're meant user: teaboot Sounds like a great set-up for a murder People who are fully healthy, fit and neurotypical seem to think they are that way because they're doing something right that the rest of us haven't thought of, and not just because they got lucky"