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[baratron]

Yesterday was a Very Bad Day, with a severe spoon overdraft. Almost fainted three times in half an hour, to say nothing of the nausea, dizziness and panic that lasted all day. Only got through that with the aid of kasson's bracelet and dwoucke's spoon - which are powerful totems. I only wish I could find esbat's ankh (yes, the one in this userpic), which has dropped down the back of the chest of drawers and disappeared :/ Less blatently sick today, but there is still a terrible knot of anxiety in my belly.

This was the link of the day on User Friendly yesterday: Evian animation: Waterboy. Absolutely adorable video, featuring a boy made of water dancing to "We Will Rock You". (Audio warning).

Made With Molecules. Chemistry jewellery! Link from okoshun. I am so ordering the creativity necklace, which will give me more totems for difficult days.

In searching for the link to explain it to someone, I found this analysis of what's wrong with the spoon theory by Ghetto River Nymph. It is, sadly, so true, and I've been giggling my head off at it. I like the idea of the limited resources that a person with (a) chronic health problem/s has compared to a "normal" person of the same age, but I hate the over-emotive language that the spoon girl uses. So, yeah.

OK, student just turned up, I have to go. Back later.

Comments

[redbird]

Another thing about the spoon analogy is that I need more spoons. Actual, physical, spoons, for stirring tea and eating soup and yogurt and pasta. And every time I want to say "I need more spoons" I realize that half my friends will misinterpret me.

[porcinea.livejournal.com]

That was fabulous. Thank you! I was most amused by the coke theory she brought up right at the end. Hee.

[dwoucke]

i did like spoons before we did reading about spoon thereoy, cos they are all round and spoon-y and you can put them on your nose - and the bunny likes them (for hitting people with)

[esbat.livejournal.com]

Have a virtual *hug* in lieu of ankh if it helps.

[barakta]

I quite like the spoon as a metaphor myself, mainly because when they turn into sporks I can say that I have been deceived by how much 'energy' I thought I had.

I tend to refer people to the spoon their with an "This is horribly OTT and nauseating, but take the gist ignore the rest" disclaimer. It is easier for me to ask spoon-economising friends "How are your spoons?" than to work out some way of asking how they are managing energy. A friend of mine calls me his spoon-fairy, sort of like a shoulder-devil, because he thinks "what would Natalya say?" sometimes when he knows he is overdoing it, or about to do too much.

[lizw.livejournal.com]

Mph. I actually like the Spoon Theory just fine. I don't find any of those criticisms persuasive, and the Beer Theory is written in a way I find quite unpleasant to read. I'd much rather people were twee and OTT than outright obnoxious.

[baratron.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, the Beer Theory itself is obnoxious. I wasn't endorsing that, necessarily. Just interested to see that other people object to the same things about the Spoon Theory that I do.