Did you know that #algorithm based platforms like #insta have "tools" for creators to know when their audience is usually active so they can plan when to post for more "engagement?"
Guess who can't access those kind of "helpful tools" because it's inaccessible - cognitively broken me
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Love a #Mastodon rant from my janky insta posts...
As a #DisabledCreator I make "content" when I am able, when I have the energy or #spoons and because of my #CPTSD I cannot plan when to push out or even #create future content especially when I'm fighting my #survival mechanisms daily
I make shit when and if I can, the more safe I feel the more I can do what I need and what I love
While I'm in #fear of losing my home because of lack of income or #eviction or general lack of stability I am constantly on a roller-coaster; I never know when something will rip down my low #threshold of tolerance
It could be a minor time zone confusion, a friend explaining their personality or needs, an email from people to whom I owe #money, a text promoting a sale for my #merch store, a tone from someone I'm speaking to - really anything
It takes a lot of #energy for me to practice self care and even more to try and grow my #SmallBusiness which as a full-time #caretaker for my elderly mother it's my only form of income that I can manage
I make the rules of how much I should work, when, how long etc
I don't have to rely on exposing the intimate details of my disability and the needs they present to anyone unless I want to - this gives me #autonomy and #freedom
My last #coporate job didn't tolerate my needs; when asking for accommodations they made me out to be "crazy" and "unreasonable" while I asked to simply not be #micromanaged and have calls again and again from a coworker who was harassing me
A job I had from Nov 2016 -Feb 2021 left me permanently #disabled completely unable to tolerate phone calls even for simple things like setting up an appointment or helping a delivery person find my home
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