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   Baron Vonskinnback (vonskinnback@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 17:28:54 JST Baron Vonskinnback

   • Bethany Black

   @BethanyBlack this idea haunts my every waking hour, not knowing when this will strike, what the effects will be & if I have done enough over my life to mitigate the worst effects of it, I am 44 and slowing down and the stalker is starting to catch up, it is coming to us all eventually & it's the not knowing that kills you...😬

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     Bethany Black (bethanyblack@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 17:35:16 JST Bethany Black

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     @Vonskinnback mine ran out years ago, and I’ve been living with disabilities for a long time, my whole life. That it terrifies you tells me a lot more about how you see us than you think x

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     Baron Vonskinnback (vonskinnback@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 18:22:45 JST Baron Vonskinnback

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     • Bethany Black

     @BethanyBlack possibly, but I think it has more to do with watching my father (who I look very much like) going from a 6ft 2 18 stone giant to an emaciated skeleton within 8 months, I was 18 & he was 49 when he died. I then watched his dad & brother die in very much the same way within the next 5 years, I have more to fear from my own genes than I could ever fear from the people I see fighting their own battles with illness & disabilities around me.

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     3_Hīrau (3_hirau@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 18:27:47 JST 3_Hīrau

     • Bethany Black

     @BethanyBlack Truth.

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     rticks (rticks@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 19:15:34 JST rticks

     • Bethany Black

     @BethanyBlack

     Fun tip if dealing w assholes Explain it to them slowly if they talk down to you like they are a five year old child...They hate their condescension thrown back at them :)

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     C.S.Strowbridge (csstrowbridge@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 19:47:25 JST C.S.Strowbridge

     • Bethany Black

     @BethanyBlack
     As someone on this site said, being able-bodied is a temporary condition.

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     NovemberMan (novemberman@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 20:24:03 JST NovemberMan

     • Bethany Black

     @BethanyBlack 👍💯👍

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     altruisticfix (altruisticfix@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 20:56:58 JST altruisticfix

     • Bethany Black

     @BethanyBlack Undeniably valid, but just reading what I’ve often thought made me feel uncomfortable. I’ve been wondering how to tell people this without sounding as if I’m wishing harm on the person that really needs to understand this perspective.