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Being in a severely painful body is frustrating for many reasons. 

 

Equally frustrating is dealing with people who know nothing about my conditions. What happened at the local shop today is a prime example.



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I’m not really sure where this piece is going to go.


One thing I do know, though, is it’s not going to be particularly positive...






! CONTAINS WORDS ABOUT SUICIDE !


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For nearly twenty years I have existed on the outskirts of society and, from this isolated vantage point, I have come to despair of what our Western society has become and is becoming unless there is some sort of deep cultural shift for the better.





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The bare legs of a woman in heels in a manual wheelchair.

Admitting to ourselves that we need to use a wheelchair can be hard.


But dealing with disbelieving family and friends and councils and businesses breaking the law all over Britain can be even harder.




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A vinyl record on a player with title 'Music v Pain' over it.

As well as enhancing our mood, whether you're in the dentist's chair or recovering from surgery, evidence shows music can be a valuable

pain-fighting tool.






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A microphone on a white background behind the word 'Feminism'.

We've all seen it, strewn across social media platforms - the word 'feminist' being used as a dumb attempted insult to women by insecure manbabies and younger women who have, apparently, lost their way and ended up knee-deep in the mire of misogyny too...   




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The words Nice Guys in white with woman sitting in the dark next to them.

Nice Guys always 'finish last', apparently. Women never choose The Nice Guy. He gets left on the bench, forever rejected by the females he wants in favour of, what? 


Ask that and this where the entire self-pitying trope starts falling apart...


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The words Daddy Issues in pink with a woman sucking a lollypop next to them.

Did I and do I have Daddy Issues?
Abso-fucking-lutely. 


But, is this hangover from emotionally abusive situations and paths taken by an adult man, my fault?


Abso-fucking-lutely not...


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The word Switch crossed out with Filthy under it and a profile of a woman lying on the floor

I awoke this morning with a Chihuahua asleep at my feet and a filthy Royal Marine with thighs bigger than my corseted waist in bed beside me. 


Thank you, Universe. 


I fucking deserve this.




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The word Pain in white with a hand splattered in neon pain next to it.

EDS bodies are some of the most fragile you'll ever meet.  This delicacy also makes us some of the toughest characters upon this planet. 


Pain.


It softens and hardens you all at the same time...




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The word 'Wanker' in next to a woman in a white swimsuit under UV light.

It's safe to say since my libido developed, the want for sex has driven me to distraction.


Correction: When sex with another human has been absent. There has been plenty of masturbation...





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A woman in white underwear in UV light crouching next to the title 'Tired'.

Feeling my severe Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (HEDS) getting worse is tough physically. 


The emotional impacts of this progression, though, are exhausting - and as I told a fellow EDS sufferer today - I. Am. Tired...



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A woman's back with paint dripping on it and the word 'Lover'.

Called frigid in high school, my first foray into sex came in the days when our parents would drive our fifteen year-old selves to the nearest town and drop us off for our weekly pub-crawl.


Times may have changed since then, but my pickiness when choosing lovers has not...




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The title 'Velvet' next to a woman on a branch in a river.

My skin is softer than most of the general population's is a medically documented fact.


One of the ways Hypermobile EDS is diagnosed is through examining our skin, and the medical term for the way it feels is 'velvety soft'...





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The words 'Cut Both Ways' over a picture of my stocking top and suspender belt.

If women speaking about sexual desire or negative experiences with males triggers you, leave now.


Hit Images and go look at my ass instead.  The issue for me is this - how hard is it to repeatedly fuck the same person without there being an end goal, other than the fucking?


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Hoping corsets would relieve and support my spine, 

I soon realised they also heightened my sense of femininity, sparking something inside me I struggle to put into words...






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Unbeknownst to me, that tiny but deceptively bright light would bring out an exhibitionism I didn't know was sitting in my psyche.


What I should have known is...





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inpoetry

Succubus

Licking at their exposed throats,

She takes them when they sleep.

When they're at their most vulnerable

And easy upon which to feast.


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Cupped

He sits in silence, staring at the walls.

Sweat like diamonds

On his forehead.

One hand cupping his balls.


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Submission

She pauses in the doorway

Regarding him on her bed.

Almost naked with both hands

Bound above his head.


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