Spoon Theory Worksheet
These posters will make a perfect get well gift or friendship i understand gift we also think it would make a perfect addition to any doctor s office or support group meeting room.
Spoon theory worksheet. The spoon theory has done some great things since its inception one of which is providing a way for people to meet others dealing with illness. She handed her friend 12 spoons which she used to symbolize units of energy. The autoimmune disease often causes fatigue fever and joint pain. This is the spoon theory a concept developed by miserandino and frequently referenced among those with chronic or invisible illness many people living with conditions ranging from fibromyalgia to anxiety to depression to diabetes self identify as spoonies and use the theory to explain their lives to people who may not understand the scope of their illness.
Like normal girls our age we spent a lot of time in the diner while in college and most of the time we spent talking. The spoon theory or spoon metaphor is a disability metaphor for a combination of ego depletion fatigue and other factors a neologism used to explain the reduced amount of mental and physical energy available for activities of living and productive tasks that may result from disability or chronic illness. Discusses the popular spoon theory as a precursor to a series on explaining what it is like to live with chronic pain to friends and family. As usual it was very late and we were eating french fries with gravy.
Spoon theory was created by christine miserandino in a 2003 essay she described using the metaphor to describe to a friend what it felt like to have a chronic invisible illness in her case lupus. A quick search on social media will pull up. She asked her friend to describe her day starting with simple tasks and activities. Now you can purchase small and large poster prints of the spoon theory from our online store.
The spoon theory is one of the easiest ways to explain to people how fatigue affects my multiple sclerosis. She and her friend were in a restaurant at the time and a spoon was easily available to use as a metaphor. The spoon theory large poster 22 99. I m waiting to see if the insurance will approve my adderall prescription for y fatigue.
It is driving me crazy that they are slamming their feet on the brake pedal regarding this. For each the friend had to hand over a spoon. Spoons are a visual representation used as a unit of measure in order to quantify how.