RE: How's Everyone Feeling Right Meow?
September 24, 2016 at 5:58 pm
(This post was last modified: September 24, 2016 at 6:03 pm by c172.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_theory
The spoon theory is a disability used to explain the reduced amount of energy available for activities of daily living and productive tasks that may result from disability or chronic illness. Spoons are an intangible unit of measurement used to track how much energy a person has throughout a given day. Each activity requires a given number of spoons, which will only be replaced as the person "recharges" through rest. A person who runs out of spoons has no choice but to rest until their spoons are replenished....
ETA: "Disability metaphor", it should say.
The spoon theory is a disability used to explain the reduced amount of energy available for activities of daily living and productive tasks that may result from disability or chronic illness. Spoons are an intangible unit of measurement used to track how much energy a person has throughout a given day. Each activity requires a given number of spoons, which will only be replaced as the person "recharges" through rest. A person who runs out of spoons has no choice but to rest until their spoons are replenished....
ETA: "Disability metaphor", it should say.
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