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🥄 SPOONIE SEPTEMBER IS HERE! 🤎

This month, we're saying all the things Spoonies want to say, do, explain, laugh about, and sometimes scream into a pillow about. 😂

No “poor me.”
No hating my body.
No pity party.

Just real life with chronic illness: the hard days, the weird symptoms, the unsolicited advice, working with a body that has its own agenda, learning to listen, and realizing…

I can have a chronic illness AND still love my life. 🤎

So come laugh, relate, vent, and say the thing you've been holding in.

Welcome to Spoonie September. 🥄✨

💙 Graves’ doesn’t wait for July, it shows up every
day.🦋
If your heart is racing…
If you’re hot all the time…
If you’re tired but wired…
If your body feels “off”… Please listen. Your body might be speaking.

Graves’ awareness doesn’t end here. 🦋
For us Warriors, this isn’t a 31‑day conversation, it’s every day we wake up and listen to our bodies.
🩺Awareness saves lives.
Warriors raise awareness.
Every month. Every day.
👇🏾 Which symptom hit home for you?

💙🦋

Some days, your body whispers…
and other days, it begs.
And you still show up.
You still try.
You still find tiny pockets of comfort to make the hard moments softer.
This is a reminder that you deserve ease not because you “earned it,” but because being human is enough.
May your blankets feel warmer, your steps feel lighter, and your rest feel like a safe place to land.
You’re doing the best you can with a body that asks for more care than most.
And that is something to be proud of.

"I don't look sick."

I've heard those words more times than I can count.

What people don't always see is everything happening beneath the surface.

But somewhere along my healing journey, I stopped saying, "My body is fighting me."

Instead, I started believing something that changed the way I live:

My body is fighting for me.

Not because chronic illness is easy.
Not because the hard days disappeared.

But because I began seeing my symptoms through a different lens.

For me, they became invitations to slow down.
To listen.
To honor my limits.
To stop abandoning myself.

I don't believe my body is my enemy anymore.

I believe it's doing everything it can to protect me while teaching me how to create a life that feels safer, softer, and more aligned.

Healing didn't begin when I found all the answers.

Healing began when I stopped fighting the body that had never stopped fighting for me. 🤍🌿

✨ Save this if you need the reminder, and send it to someone who may need it too.

July is Graves’ Disease Awareness Month and for me, it’s a reminder of my silent battle.

There were times when I didn’t recognize the person looking back at me. The exhaustion, anxiety, racing heart, weight changes, brain fog. My normal days had changed, but I kept pushing through.

Graves disease autoimmune condition changed my life. My journey included tests, treatments, doctors, and life changes. Even with support, I still have intense pain and symptoms that literally bring me to the ground.

People often think that’s the whole story, but it’s just the beginning of a new chapter. Living with a thyroid condition means lifelong hormone replacement, ongoing monitoring, and continuing to learn how to support a body that’s been through a great deal.

One thing I have learned is your body whispers before it screams, so listen to it, ask questions, advocate for yourself, and know you deserve answers.

If you’re living with Graves’ disease or another autoimmune condition, I want you to know you are stronger than many.

Healing doesn’t always mean going back to who you were before.
Sometimes it means becoming stronger, wiser, and more compassionate toward yourself, more than you ever imagined.

Today, I’m grateful for how much I have grown through this journey.
My journey isn’t over though, there are greater days ahead!

Living with chronic illness has changed the way I define healing.

It isn't just about lab results or symptom-free days.

It's learning to stop abandoning myself.

It's listening when my body whispers.
Resting before burnout.
Choosing peace over proving.
And believing that my worth isn't measured by how much I can carry.

I'm curious...

Which lesson has life been teaching you lately?

🤍 Save this for the days you need the reminder.

Celebrating Freedom.
Celebrating Overcoming.
Celebrating My History.
HAPPY JUNETEENTH ✊🏾❤️.

What emotion do you think your body has been holding onto?

Every symptom tells a story.
Painful periods, thyroid imbalance, and autoimmune conditions are not just physical.
They’re emotional boundaries our bodies had to set when we couldn’t.
When we silence our truth, over‑give, or hold grief too long, the body speaks through flare‑ups and crashes.

Those aren’t punishments, they are protection.
They’re the body saying, “I need rest. I need care. I need you.
Now, I take care of myself first.
Because healing means listening to the body’s boundaries, not fighting them.

💗 You ever notice how, when you’re dealing with going through something emotionally heavy, your body suddenly wants hugs, closeness, or just to be held?
Let me explain why in a way that makes sense whether you’re sick or completely healthy.

🩹 What It Feels Like From the Inside (As a person with Chronic Illness).
My body is constantly in “survival mode.”
Even on calm days, my nervous system is working overtime.
So when things get emotionally hard on top of that, my body starts craving anything that feels safe, grounding, and comforting.
And physical closeness like a hug, a hand on my back, someone sitting next to me, is one of the fastest ways to calm my body down.

✨️The Real Reasons We Crave Touch During Emotional times and Illness

1. The Body Is Asking for Safety
Touch releases oxytocin, lowers stress hormones, and even reduces pain.
It literally tells the body, “You’re safe now.”

2. Emotions and Illness Can Be Isolating
Even when we’re surrounded by people, chronic illness can make you feel alone in your experience.
A hug instantly breaks that isolation.

3. It Grounds Us
When symptoms or emotions feel overwhelming, being held helps bring us back into our bodies in a gentle way.

4. It Reclaims the Body
Emotional times and Illness can make your body feel like a battleground.
Loving touch reminds you that your body is still worthy of comfort, softness, and care.

❤️‍🩹 Why It’s Hard for Us to Ask for Affection
This part is important.
We often hesitate to ask for hugs or closeness because:
We don’t want to feel like a burden.
We’re scared of being rejected.
We don’t want to seem “needy”.
We worry our bodies are too fragile or “too much".
We’ve been dismissed before.
We’re used to being the strong one.
So even though we need comfort, we often stay quiet about it.

If you love someone who’s chronically ill or having an emotionally hard time, here’s what helps more than you know:

🐒 Sit next to them

🫂 Offer a gentle hug

👫 Hold their hand

They're not looking for you to fix it, just be present.