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Spoon theory is great, I'm glad it was created <3333
Please reblog if you can so I can get a larger sample size
Feel free to put any clarifications in the tags (I’d be very grateful) <3
I finally got the tattoo I've wanted for years😁 so I always have an extra spoon for bad days🥄
Have I told y’all about my husband’s Fork Theory? If I did already, pretend I didn’t, I’m an old.
So the Spoon Theory is a fundamental metaphor used often in the chronic pain/chronic illness communities to explain to non-spoonies why life is harder for them. It’s super useful and we use that all the time. But it has a corollary. You know the phrase, “Stick a fork in me, I’m done,” right? Well, Fork Theory is that one has a Fork Limit, that is, you can probably cope okay with one fork stuck in you, maybe two or three, but at some point you will lose your shit if one more fork happens. A fork could range from being hungry or having to pee to getting a new bill or a new diagnosis of illness. There are lots of different sizes of forks, and volume vs. quantity means that the fork limit is not absolute. I might be able to deal with 20 tiny little escargot fork annoyances, such as a hangnail or slightly suboptimal pants, but not even one “you poked my trigger on purpose because you think it’s fun to see me melt down” pitchfork.
This is super relevant for neurodivergent folk. Like, you might be able to deal with your feet being cold or a tag, but not both. Hubby describes the situation as “It may seem weird that I just get up and leave the conversation to go to the bathroom, but you just dumped a new financial burden on me and I already had to pee, and going to the bathroom is the fork I can get rid of the fastest.”
What is spoon theory and where did it come from?
According to Wikipedia, 'Spoon theory is a metaphor describing the amount of physical or mental energy that a person has available for daily activities and tasks, and how it can become limited. '
Being an extremely extroverted person with chronic fatigue sure is a fucking trip
What do you mean I can only be outside of my house for like 3 hours a day???? I need to TALK to people, be SOCIAL, have shit HAPPENING
Shoutout to my flatmate that gets attacked with a fucking monologue any time she dares exit her bedroom. Cause then I've been sitting in the shared living room for HOURS, just charging up shit to say, and everything spills out at once the SECOND theres a living soul there to listen to me