I’m so tired of the “push yourself” narrative.
So I decided to rant about this because I’m seeing these chronically ill fitness influencers, and saying how they “push through” to go to workout or whatever. I’m a teenager with chronic pain and POTS. and everyone around me tells me to push myself and I’m fucking tired of seeing and hearing it from everybody. Like it’s this stupid harmful narrative everywhere. I barely know how to deal with my own body anymore, I don’t what limits I even have. I’m already miserable from the fact that I can’t play volleyball anymore, or barely walk for a mile. I hate hearing it. And not even that, but people with chronic illnesses are pushing it too. Are my parents are constantly saying I need to get up, or they lecture me I’m become deconditioned, and honestly at this point I don’t care, let it happen, I’m already suffering as is, maybe then everyone would telling me what to do with myself.