“If I can’t do X then I don’t deserve to do Y” is a mindset we need to kill. Otherwise mentally ill and disabled people will continue to punish themselves for struggles outside their control. You deserve to have fun playing your favorite video game even if you are unable to go to work. You deserve to enjoy watching your favorite show even if you couldn’t do homework first. You deserve a piece of pie even if you didn’t go to the gym. Actually, you deserve to have as much fun as you possibly can even if you can’t work or study at all! And especially if you’re disabled mentally or physically, you gotta actively challenge this idea that joy, fun, rest and relaxation is something you have to earn. Don’t deny yourself harmless joy just because you can’t always live up to society’s demands and expectations.
I used to make myself do x amount of work before I was allowed to get up for anything. Not even to pee or eat/drink. Don’t do that to yourself guys.
Oh God I struggle with this a LOT. less so now that I’ve been working on it in therapy for oh 5 years but yeah. Damn.
It was always easy to tell other people they deserved fun and happiness no matter their inability to work but to tell myself??? That’s taken a lot of practice to let go of the guilt.