Sweet Spoons

I dodn't know if any of you have heard of 'The Spoon Theory'.

I've started getting more involved with my POTS and Dysautonomia groups on Facebook and talking to the potsies on Instagram. The instagram people refer to themselves as spoonies and I had no idea why. I asked one of why they were 'spoonies' and they replied "have you heard of 'The Spoon Theory'?". I asked them what 'The Spoon Theory' was and when they didn't reply I looked it up.

http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/wpress/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/

It's about a woman explaining her condition to her friend in a way that they can understand without actually having any conditions, illnesses or disabilities. She explains that she gets a certain amount of spoons each day and she has to plan her day carefully because each activity she does costs her a spoon whereas everyone else doesn't even think about what they doing. It could cost a spoon to just make breakfast.

I found 'The Spoon Theory' incredibly easy to understand (it even helped me to understand myself a bit more). I've decided that I will send it to my friends and family to understand it better. My friends and family know about my conditions, illnesses and disabilities but it's one thing knowing what they are and another to understand what they do to me.

I sent it to one of my closest friends at Uni and I was surprised and moved that he read it (I wasn't moved because he read it, I was moved by what he did next) he said to me that he wishes he could give me all of his spoons. Isn't that sweet?! Before you go there... I don't fancy him, he is one of my closest friends (plus he's gay).

I also gave it to my mum to read and it made her cry. She already knows what it is like because she has some conditions so she gets given spoons too.

It's a lovely story. I urge you to read it if you haven't.

*huggles* for everyone!!!