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-taps mic- the whole MC going “no pain medication, I don’t want to cloud my mind” trope is both ableist and shockingly popular for how plainly ableist it is

(protip: if you’re at the point where you’re being advised to take pain medication by people who don’t want to give you pain medication then your mind is most certainly already clouded by pain)

With severe enough injuries, your personal opinion on pain meds doesn’t even fucking matter because in order to physiologically heal, certain muscles need to be not involuntarily clenching in order to heal–and they will be involuntarily clenching if you are in pain! Pain meds are not solely a palliative measure, they are also a form of direct, necessary treatment

When pain medication is deemed Necessary, it is so necessary that standard procedure is to take the next dose before the last one has worn off, because pain that severe is that debilitating

For the H/C writers out there: have your MC say, “No pain meds; I’m terrified of being vulnerable” (however your MC would say that). Caregiver doesn’t know them well but tries to help make them comfortable enough to accept pain relief. Congrats you have the start of a 90k slow burn.