23 june 2023
Life Aboard a Submarine
I live at the bottom of the sea, so it's weird to see that society has the capacity to notice and attempt to rescue people in that situation. It's a bit different though, just enough for me not to make it on the list of "problems that you deserve support dealing with".
I'm trapped in tiny space because the outside world is full of anaphalaxis triggering allergens (cats, dogs, several common foods...). The last time I accidentally ate a bite of something that touched chickpeas I ended up descending into a medical hell I still haven't fully recovered from. Until I can find remote work that is willing to work with my health limitations I'm stuck here.
The world is for people with enough money and boot straps that they can just /have/ an epi-pen at all times. It's for people who can afford to work around the dozens of food allergies that they have to deal with and enough money to seek effective treatments for the eczema all over their body. Being in a dire situation is worthy of assistance as long as that situation is relatable. I guess selling a startup for /beacoup bucks/ and never worrying about not working for an extended amount of time and finding yourself asphyxiating atop Mt. Everest is a far more relatable scenario than eating a peanut in a meal you were assured there were no peanuts in and becoming disabled.
Until I can afford to be healthy I can't work as they expect me to. Until I am healthy enough to be the shiny perfect employee I can't be healthy. It's a catch-22 anyone can be trapped in, but it's not fun to think about that.