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Hi, I don’t know if this has already been posted here somewhere (my apologies if it has, I haven’t gone too far back reading past posts yet). But the other day someone told me about the spoon theory metaphor. And I found the original story online. Here it is:

https://butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/

Being autistic, I know lots of us deal with chronic fatigue just as part of everyday life, and some of us also have concurrent illnesses or chronic diseases that add to that fatigue.

Using this has helped me learn to manage my energy better (I have autism and also chronic Lyme disease/Lyme+ infections). And it’s helped in explaining my fatigue to close friends and family. If you haven’t come across this before, I hope you find it helpful too. 🌸