What other disabillities do you have?

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I also have OCD and asthma. I was dealt some really bad cards.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Social Anxiety, Agoraphobia and Asthma.

I'm a mixed nut!

Hypermobility, fallen foot arches and irritable bowel syndrome.

PTSD, asthma and mild hypermobility. And subclinical BPD.

Is this a competition?

Also, what exactly is a disability? I've never considered things like asthma and fallen arches as disabilities.

Well, I don't necessarily call all my issues disabilities but I suppose someone would... What is considered a disability? I have no idea if I constitute as "disabled."

I have fibromyalgia, OCD, psychotic intrusive thoughts, major depressive disorder/recurrent/moderate, acid reflux, anxiety, major food allergies (I'm on a meat and dairy only diet) as well as airborne allergies which causes constant allergic rhinitis and asthma, hypothyroidism, recurrent migraines... heh. Basket case. Oh and the sensory issues.

If it is, I've already lost. All I've got (that I know about) is myopia, which apparently doesn't count because although it's clearly an impairment, my contact lenses fix it. It seems that impairment is a fairly scientific concept but disability is rather more political, which probably explains why I prefer the term impairment.


Most people don't, so in that sense you would probably be right. Logically, asthma could be, if not treated effectively, as it's a respiratory impairment. Fallen arches is an impairment that limits the functions of limbs quite seriously, so logically it could be too. Though the received wisdom seems to be that they aren't usually severe, untreatable, or long-lived enough to constitute a credible disability in the normally-accepted sense of the word.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability

I can't see it as a competition. Everyone is too different to do that with.



It's weird to think of myself as having disabilities. I don't know why. But according to the wikipedia article, a lot of things I didn't think were, are. I think that when I think of what a disability is, is probably in reference to getting disability; in that the impairment prevents you from working. Considering I've not had a job in 4 years and have developed more problems, I honestly can't say if I could hold an actual job anymore. Huh. something to think about...

Forms of dyspraxia/sensory and learning: from autism, bipolar.

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If you only became aware of your disabilities after you'd had them for many years, as I did, then maybe it's not surprising that the idea of being disabled seems weird.

Yes the term disability does seem to have a lot to do with benefits. That's why I feel it's a political term rather than a scientific one. You get diagnosed with a disability if your diagnostician is willing to rubber-stamp a piece of paper saying that you need help, which is very often a degree of exemption from the world of work, in the form of adjustments or benefits.

Thankyou ToughDiamond for the clarification.

I have moderate sensori-neural bi-lateral hearing loss with associated hyperacusis and tinnitus
A speech disorder
Mixed anxiety/depression
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Do I win?

Not sure that all of mine are considered to be disabilities, per se, but, I do find them to be disabling (some, more than others) at times -

Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Sensory Processing Disorder
Discalculia
Synesthesia
Emetophobia
Acrophobia

Mild schizophrenia.
Dysparxia
Dyslexia
Dyscalcula (really bad at mathematics)
Dysgraphia (really bad at handwriting and drawing)
Depression
ADHD
GAD (generalized anxiety disorder)
Asthma
Photophobia (sensitivity to bright light)
Tinnitus (constant ringing in the ears)
Migraines
Juvenile arthritis
Used to get seizures.

LOL...I've never seen synesthesia referred to as being a disability. I wish I had synesthetic abilities.

1. I had asthma as a kid. I still get "exercise-induced" asthma.

2. Mild dysgraphia (I write barely legibly)

3. Stuttering-stammering

4. Word-finding difficulties when I'm speaking

5. Near and farsightedness--moderate

6. Other mild visual difficulties

7. Irritable Bowel Syndrome

8. Anxiety

Just speech disorder things.
Stutter/stammer
Echolalia
Palilalia (one of the most annoying ones ever)

Asthma, anxiety, panic disorder, depression.

More annoyances than disabilities--except when they are bad, which is, thankfully, not most of the time.