• cAUzapNEAGLb@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Could’ve just said effort or energy and i would’ve understood the intent of this post, I am now clued into spoon theory now though

    • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 days ago

      Neither of those terms are quite interchangeable though. Everybody has low energy days, that’s relatively normal. But the word spoons is a shorthand for explaining a precious, and much more finite resource, as a way to distinguish the experience for disabled people.