This Thing They Call Recovery
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Hi, I’m Jenny! (She/her) ✏️ Chronic illness and disability content. “For when ‘Get Well Soon’ is just a bit shit”. Freelance designer, consultant, small biz owner 🏴 https://www.thisthingtheycallrecovery.com/links
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Intro Thread:
Hi, hello! My name’s Jenny and I run This Thing They Call Recovery. If you follow me elsewhere pls say hi so I can find my friends here ☺️
I’m predominantly housebound, I’ve had #MECFS for 10+ years, I’m autistic, still shielding from covid and I make content about all of the above ✏️
Hi, hello! My name’s Jenny and I run This Thing They Call Recovery. If you follow me elsewhere pls say hi so I can find my friends here ☺️
I’m predominantly housebound, I’ve had #MECFS for 10+ years, I’m autistic, still shielding from covid and I make content about all of the above ✏️
It’s #MEAwarenessDay and as always, I’m thinking about how much we have to limit ourselves with this condition. So I wrote a poem about the forced absence of joy:
www.thisthingtheycallrecovery.com/post/the-ris...
#MECFS #SpokenWord #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #ChronicFatigue
www.thisthingtheycallrecovery.com/post/the-ris...
#MECFS #SpokenWord #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #ChronicFatigue
May 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It’s #MEAwarenessDay and as always, I’m thinking about how much we have to limit ourselves with this condition. So I wrote a poem about the forced absence of joy:
www.thisthingtheycallrecovery.com/post/the-ris...
#MECFS #SpokenWord #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #ChronicFatigue
www.thisthingtheycallrecovery.com/post/the-ris...
#MECFS #SpokenWord #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #ChronicFatigue
I have never felt threatened as a woman by trans, non-binary or intersex folk.
We are in this together. I am so very glad you exist. You matter and you mean so much to me.
I’m so sorry you are up against so much for simply wanting to exist as who you are.
We are in this together. I am so very glad you exist. You matter and you mean so much to me.
I’m so sorry you are up against so much for simply wanting to exist as who you are.
April 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I have never felt threatened as a woman by trans, non-binary or intersex folk.
We are in this together. I am so very glad you exist. You matter and you mean so much to me.
I’m so sorry you are up against so much for simply wanting to exist as who you are.
We are in this together. I am so very glad you exist. You matter and you mean so much to me.
I’m so sorry you are up against so much for simply wanting to exist as who you are.
Love working on projects that are a reminder of our worth when society tries to tell us we’re less-than.
#DisabledJoy in the form of bright expletive-filled postcards? I’m in!
#DisabledJoy in the form of bright expletive-filled postcards? I’m in!
There are many quotes in my book, Who Wants Normal?, that I hope will make readers smile. Penguin putting this expletive-filled self-esteem boost on a postcard seems a natural first step.
April 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Love working on projects that are a reminder of our worth when society tries to tell us we’re less-than.
#DisabledJoy in the form of bright expletive-filled postcards? I’m in!
#DisabledJoy in the form of bright expletive-filled postcards? I’m in!
Every time I open my phone there’s another dangerous narrative or misinformation to counteract.
But there’s also people coming together. Friends being made. Solidarity. Push back.
Community matters. I’m grateful to share space with so many of you.
We keep going, I guess.
But there’s also people coming together. Friends being made. Solidarity. Push back.
Community matters. I’m grateful to share space with so many of you.
We keep going, I guess.
March 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Every time I open my phone there’s another dangerous narrative or misinformation to counteract.
But there’s also people coming together. Friends being made. Solidarity. Push back.
Community matters. I’m grateful to share space with so many of you.
We keep going, I guess.
But there’s also people coming together. Friends being made. Solidarity. Push back.
Community matters. I’m grateful to share space with so many of you.
We keep going, I guess.
I want a society where everyone is cared for. You don’t get that by cutting support to those that need it most.
Literal billionaires exist. Tax dodging multi-millionaires exist.
Leave us alone.
Literal billionaires exist. Tax dodging multi-millionaires exist.
Leave us alone.
March 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I want a society where everyone is cared for. You don’t get that by cutting support to those that need it most.
Literal billionaires exist. Tax dodging multi-millionaires exist.
Leave us alone.
Literal billionaires exist. Tax dodging multi-millionaires exist.
Leave us alone.
For when the world feels heavy and it all gets a bit much, I focus on the Small Joys, and remember that I’ve got people to prove wrong.
It’s as simple, and as complex, as that.
Image description: black handwritten text reads ‘joy & spite’ The text is surrounded by a few star shapes.
It’s as simple, and as complex, as that.
Image description: black handwritten text reads ‘joy & spite’ The text is surrounded by a few star shapes.
March 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
For when the world feels heavy and it all gets a bit much, I focus on the Small Joys, and remember that I’ve got people to prove wrong.
It’s as simple, and as complex, as that.
Image description: black handwritten text reads ‘joy & spite’ The text is surrounded by a few star shapes.
It’s as simple, and as complex, as that.
Image description: black handwritten text reads ‘joy & spite’ The text is surrounded by a few star shapes.
Do people post videos here? I dunno, I’m new!
But other platforms are squashing this (wonder why! 🥴) so I figured here was worth a shot.
Some reminders in the form of fit checks:
#ChronicIllness #CovidIsntOver
shopthisthingtheycallrecovery.com
But other platforms are squashing this (wonder why! 🥴) so I figured here was worth a shot.
Some reminders in the form of fit checks:
#ChronicIllness #CovidIsntOver
shopthisthingtheycallrecovery.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Do people post videos here? I dunno, I’m new!
But other platforms are squashing this (wonder why! 🥴) so I figured here was worth a shot.
Some reminders in the form of fit checks:
#ChronicIllness #CovidIsntOver
shopthisthingtheycallrecovery.com
But other platforms are squashing this (wonder why! 🥴) so I figured here was worth a shot.
Some reminders in the form of fit checks:
#ChronicIllness #CovidIsntOver
shopthisthingtheycallrecovery.com
Latest #ChronicIllness poem is up on the blog 💛
‘My wish list is dusty, It sits in a pile.
It’s not been forgotten, It’s just been a while.
Can’t throw it out, So it sits on the shelf. Along with those things, That made up myself.’
#MECFS
www.thisthingtheycallrecovery.com/post/my-wish...
‘My wish list is dusty, It sits in a pile.
It’s not been forgotten, It’s just been a while.
Can’t throw it out, So it sits on the shelf. Along with those things, That made up myself.’
#MECFS
www.thisthingtheycallrecovery.com/post/my-wish...
My wish list is dusty - poem
My health isn't there, It isn't a given. I thought I had time, This I didn't envision. My wish list is dusty, It sits in a pile. It's not been forgotten, It's just been a while. Can't throw it out, So...
www.thisthingtheycallrecovery.com
January 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Latest #ChronicIllness poem is up on the blog 💛
‘My wish list is dusty, It sits in a pile.
It’s not been forgotten, It’s just been a while.
Can’t throw it out, So it sits on the shelf. Along with those things, That made up myself.’
#MECFS
www.thisthingtheycallrecovery.com/post/my-wish...
‘My wish list is dusty, It sits in a pile.
It’s not been forgotten, It’s just been a while.
Can’t throw it out, So it sits on the shelf. Along with those things, That made up myself.’
#MECFS
www.thisthingtheycallrecovery.com/post/my-wish...
Hi, hello, just me checking in to remind you it’s not a failure to need people.
Almost every sick and/or disabled person I know has been made to feel guilt or shame for that at some point or another.
You’re not too much. You matter.
Almost every sick and/or disabled person I know has been made to feel guilt or shame for that at some point or another.
You’re not too much. You matter.
January 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Hi, hello, just me checking in to remind you it’s not a failure to need people.
Almost every sick and/or disabled person I know has been made to feel guilt or shame for that at some point or another.
You’re not too much. You matter.
Almost every sick and/or disabled person I know has been made to feel guilt or shame for that at some point or another.
You’re not too much. You matter.
Intro Thread:
Hi, hello! My name’s Jenny and I run This Thing They Call Recovery. If you follow me elsewhere pls say hi so I can find my friends here ☺️
I’m predominantly housebound, I’ve had #MECFS for 10+ years, I’m autistic, still shielding from covid and I make content about all of the above ✏️
Hi, hello! My name’s Jenny and I run This Thing They Call Recovery. If you follow me elsewhere pls say hi so I can find my friends here ☺️
I’m predominantly housebound, I’ve had #MECFS for 10+ years, I’m autistic, still shielding from covid and I make content about all of the above ✏️
January 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Intro Thread:
Hi, hello! My name’s Jenny and I run This Thing They Call Recovery. If you follow me elsewhere pls say hi so I can find my friends here ☺️
I’m predominantly housebound, I’ve had #MECFS for 10+ years, I’m autistic, still shielding from covid and I make content about all of the above ✏️
Hi, hello! My name’s Jenny and I run This Thing They Call Recovery. If you follow me elsewhere pls say hi so I can find my friends here ☺️
I’m predominantly housebound, I’ve had #MECFS for 10+ years, I’m autistic, still shielding from covid and I make content about all of the above ✏️