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1. Matt Gray (mattgrayyes@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Aug-2025 13:20:43 CEST Matt Gray

   Beware a month of travel and pushing past your exertion limit may chronic your fatigue more than normal.
   It's like a month of Post-Exertional Melaise has been stored up & dumped on me the last two weeks.
   It's no surprise, I did this to myself, but that doesn't make it any more pleasant when it hits.

   • Michael Vogel (heluecht@pirati.ca)'s status on Friday, 29-Aug-2025 13:20:43 CEST Michael Vogel

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     @mattgrayyes I was slightly surprised when I saw that video with Tim. I hope that at least it was fun and hopefully had a positive effect for your channel.

     I cross my fingers that you you are able to manage around your energy level.

   • Matt Gray (mattgrayyes@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Aug-2025 13:25:52 CEST Matt Gray

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     It'd be very easy to see my timeline and think im healthy & everything’s amazing all the time.

     When I'm fine I seem "normal" but that's because l've done a load of work managing my energy budget, leaving early, adding multiple rest days into my calendar, & having very slow months during bad periods

   • Matt Gray (mattgrayyes@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Aug-2025 13:25:52 CEST Matt Gray

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     Obviously I can't ignore the fact that l'm able to manage it so well because of my privilege.

     I'm financially stable, have a relatively good safety blanket, and my online work and freelance schedule are flexible enough to work around it all.

   • Matt Gray (mattgrayyes@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Aug-2025 13:25:52 CEST Matt Gray

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     If I had to work a 40 hour week to afford to live then I’d have no room to accommodate it never mind recover.

     And thats how most people with this kind of thing have to deal with it, especially with the govt making disability assistance harder to get, & barely/not recognising disabilities like this!

   • Michael Vogel (heluecht@pirati.ca)'s status on Friday, 29-Aug-2025 13:25:52 CEST Michael Vogel

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     @mattgrayyes I suppose that the worst part is that other people don't see your disability. I know someone who is very often sick after he got Covid a long time ago. I know that people in their environment don't really acknowledge that.
   • Matt Gray (mattgrayyes@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Aug-2025 13:25:53 CEST Matt Gray

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     Mostly just sharing to highlight / represent invisible disabilities.

     I have Long COVID / Chronic Fatigue /
     Post-Exertional Malaise