Hello, my name is Violet. I was recently diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS. My ME/CFS has gotten quite severe, which means for the past couple of months I've been partially bedridden and effectively homebound. I've dealt with a terrifying fatigue that manifests in all sorts of ways, sometimes it feels hard to breathe, sometimes I can only sleep for hours during the day, at almost all times it feels like heavy weights are tied to every single one of my muscles. And I'm always in pain when I am awake. It's an extremely difficult illness to deal with, there aren't any proper treatments or cures at this time, and some therapies work for some people but won't work for others. And unfortunately, most medications that may provide some relief give me extremely adverse and difficult side effects, so they are not practical. I just recently got a new job back in April, but I'm going to have to give up on that job since I can no longer drive myself to work, much less handle working that job from home. I am going to be working with my support network to get on disability, and try to rest as much as I can in the hopes that someday I can recover and reach some semblance of a baseline so I can try to live maybe a fraction of the life I've lived before. In the meantime, any help that can be provided towards bills, rent, grocery money, general expenses, would mean so much to us. My partner has supported me through this, and I know this hasn't been easy on either of us. If we are able to provide a stopgap until she can find a new job and I'm able to get on disability, that means we'd get to keep a roof over our heads and maybe rebuild our lives. If you can't donate, please consider sharing this around anywhere you're able to. Thank you so much for reading this, and if you can't help today, there are always other days in the future. Please keep people like me in your thoughts and consider helping whoever you can however you can.