Home/Habits & Behaviors/Health denial/ThoughtI am sitting here with my ankles swollen like overproofed dough, the kind of heavy that makes you wonder if you'll ever stand up again...health denialaging fearsbody image strugglesShare this thoughtCopy linkShare on XDownload imageDoes this resonate with you?Share Your OwnBrowse MoreOthers have felt this tooI’m sitting here with my feet in a basin of lukewarm water because the double shift killed my arches and all I can think about is the way that person looked at me tonight.workplace pretenseI wake up at 3am with the same stiffness in my knees, a grinding of bone on bone that sounds like the old flour mill we used to use. …aging fearsThey look like someone stuffed two water balloons under the skin. …health denialMy knee feels like a bag of broken glass, every step on site is a fucking performance of agony, like trying to prove I'm not a liability to guys half my age. …midlife body betrayalRelated ThemesDoom scrolling shameEating in secretFinancial hidingProcrastination shameSecret indulgences