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This Thing They Call Recovery

@thisthingblog.bsky.social
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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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.thisthingtheycallrecovery.com/l…

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This Thing They Call Recovery @thisthingblog.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
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
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This Thing They Call Recovery @thisthingblog.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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.
handwritten multicoloured text reads ‘liberation for all or its bullshit’.
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This Thing They Call Recovery @thisthingblog.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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!
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This Thing They Call Recovery @thisthingblog.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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.
Jenny is a slim white woman with short dark hair, wearing a white tshirt with black text that reads ‘and so we keep going I guess’.
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This Thing They Call Recovery @thisthingblog.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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.
multicoloured handwritten text reads ‘sick and disabled people deserve dignity whether they’re working or not’.
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This Thing They Call Recovery @thisthingblog.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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.
black handwritten text reads ‘joy & spite’ The text is surrounded by a few star shapes.
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This Thing They Call Recovery @thisthingblog.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
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
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This Thing They Call Recovery @thisthingblog.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
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...
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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...
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This Thing They Call Recovery @thisthingblog.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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.
Yellow background with cream handwritten text that reads ‘to need each other is natural’
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This Thing They Call Recovery @thisthingblog.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
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 ✏️
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