Day: November 17, 2018

eucyon:

liv-abetic:

thatonebaritonechick:

mycharliequinn:

going to the doctor when you’re chronically ill is weird. 

It’s like imagine everything in your house is on fire, and you’re standing there and the fire department come in like, describe the fire to me and maybe we can find what caused it and put it out. 

and you can’t just say everything so you’re like… well the fire in the curtain is the biggest
but the fire in the photo albums might be doing the most damage
also the fire in the couch is really inconvenient 

occasionally the fire guy is like, well your tv is on fire so it might be electronic-fireitus but that would cause other things like fire in the dvd player 

and you’re like, oh yes. that’s been on fire for years. I forgot to mention it because it’s always been a relatively small fire. It’s right next to the bookshelf which has much more fire. 

and then the fire guy is like, oh. I wouldn’t worry about that. book shelf fire just happens sometimes.

THIS. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT ITS LIKE @chemistthatfangirlsoverchemistry

Best metaphor I’ve ever heard

“Are you sure you’re not just thinking everything in your house is on fire because you’re overweight? Why don’t you try to lose a few pounds, then come back and we’ll see if these things are less ablaze for you.”

And if you somehow manage to convince them to actually test for fire: “So it looks like your house is on fire, buuuuut…you should still try to lose some weight! Now, with your particular fire producing lots of smoke and reducing the air quality, it’s going to be difficult for you to exercise and you’ll see very little to no progress most of the time. Still, try to make the effort! :)”

Can’t forget the antidepressants. You just think there’s a fire due to antidepressant deficiency plus fat!

(Or something like that. It’s honestly hard to make much sense of, most of the time.)

* ETA: Not trying to discount actual depression or any other condition that might reasonably help, btw. There’s a major difference between that and, say, asthma or joint problems.