Puppy Lost Her Shoe

[penguinfaery]

So when I was in massage school, we had a conversation about how people felt this weird pride when you told them their body was effed up, and everyone was like "Whaaaaaaaaat? Why would they do that?!" While doing it, all the time. IDK.

And it totally made sense to me.

When you have chronic pain...especially chronic pain for no reason...it's all in your head pretty much. And you feel like such an asshole whining about it, or asking for accommodations, or whatever. And the average person can't feel that.

So having someone who touched a hundred bodies a week, and know what they SHOULD feel like go "Your shits fucked up." is...reassuring that no, you aren't just a big bitch baby, and it's not all in your head.

But the massage I got was pretty much fucking awesome. It was kinda scary how hard it was to get my arm to just fucking relax, and the tail bone/butt work he was doing made my foot go so numb that I didn't realize I was barefoot for like...4 minutes, and he told me to go get my ass X-rayed (Literally, I guess my tail bone is fucked to shit, which I have been utterly ignoring due to my upper back) but I feel pretty damn good right now. I think I might make a habit out of this. I can afford $15 a week for at least a little while.

Comments

[fifth11.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it makes you feel better.

[blushingdolphin.livejournal.com]

I think you should. Like...if you have the money for now, I think this is an entirely justified thing to spend it on.

[optical-nerve.livejournal.com]

I thought very briefly of a career as a masseuse (?) but then I'd worried I'd snap people's necks or spines hurr. I've had a couple; they feel good at some parts but like Hell others.

ALSO THANK YOU FOR THAT FIC LINK IT WAS SO CASH.

[penguinfaery.livejournal.com]

It's so hard on your body. I had to quit.

:3 I thought you might enjoy. Someone actually plays the Bloody valentine character in an rp I'm in. My mind was blown.

[kanashiii.livejournal.com]

I need this D:

And yeah, it's ridiculous how people say it's all in your head :|

Had a gastro tell me that, then I went get a second opinion, and whoops! My Gallbladder didn't work :P

It's like doctors assume that bc you are overweight that it's all in your head, or that it's because you are heavy :T

[krakensoup.livejournal.com]

We all need reassuring sometimes when we are so hard on ourselves. I just found out that my odd random chronic fatigue-like symptoms might be allergies that developed. Went through the skin test and now I'm going on the serum therapy to banish my body's reactions to the allergens.

[cloudyskies2046.livejournal.com]

Yay massage! Don't put off that x-ray, a member of the family put off getting her ankle looked at and that was a big mistake.