{"id":28189,"date":"2023-07-10T17:45:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T17:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jenkelchner.com\/?p=28189"},"modified":"2023-07-10T17:45:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T17:45:28","slug":"unmasked-self-indication-of-dysautonomia-is-a-life-saver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jenkelchner.com\/unmasked-self-indication-of-dysautonomia-is-a-life-saver\/","title":{"rendered":"Unmasked | Self-indication of dysautonomia is a life saver"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"28189\" class=\"elementor elementor-28189\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70243074 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-parallax-no\" data-id=\"70243074\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-191050a7\" data-id=\"191050a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41d106fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41d106fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Low-battery mode in effect<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a81fcdc elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6a81fcdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-headphones-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Listen to post on YouTube<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51d47a9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51d47a9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The audio of this post is coming soon.<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ce3f5b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-parallax-no\" data-id=\"3ce3f5b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0732adb\" data-id=\"0732adb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0efe404 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0efe404\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The rise of my inner dragon.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a74252e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a74252e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Diagnosis and self-indication have been a gift.<\/span><\/h1><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently a friend reminded me that when you charge your phone in low-battery mode it doesn\u2019t go green until it is at an 80% charge. And honestly, this has been such a good reminder.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to talk about how self-diagnosis and self-indication over the last couple of months have been an absolute gift in spite of the grief arc. And, how I feel the ash pile beginning to form into a new being.<\/span><\/p><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Swinging of the Pendulum<\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m currently on a fast-swinging pendulum that is moving like tides. A couple of weeks ago I wrote in my journal that I was starting to feel on top of things. Then the tides began to recede again leaving me feeling low. The pressure to perform and survive once again feeling thick in the air.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have to work to live<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d bullshit pressure our current societal structure places on humans has never made sense to me yet it knocks on the proverbial door again. I hear the clock ticking loudly that my time of allowance for recovery is overdue and coming to an end.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I had a substantial physical setback and flare-up which helped me self-identify decades of symptoms I\u2019ve struggled with. Thanks to TikTok, which led me to great resources and understanding, I have been able to self-indicate with POTS and MCAS. Learning more about both of these has helped me understand my medical symptom landscape which has been a field of land mines since I was about 12 years old.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hidden illness has been a thing for me since I was in my early 20\u2019s dealing with a thyroid tumor and the various auto-immune issues that came with it. However, I feel so incredibly free by knowing how my myriad of issues ties directly to dysautonomia.\u00a0 Liberation and a way forward actually exist for the comorbidities of Autism and ADHD.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Awareness is such a gift.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">From Ash to Rebirth<\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like the legend of the Phoenix, I continue to burn to ash and find a rebirth. It is a cycle I\u2019m very familiar with in my life. Although this time feels incredibly different to me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yesterday on my IG I posted: \u201cI don\u2019t know her yet but also she feels like the most familiar version of me that has hidden deep within. The one that I\u2019ve seen in my head but not revealed because she is \u201ctoo much\u201d for everyone else. I welcome her arrival and the rise of the dragon again. \ud83d\udd25\u2728\u26a1\ufe0f\ud83d\udc09\u201d<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CufEMTNLE5M\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><div style=\"padding: 16px;\"><div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"><div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\"><div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\"><div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><div><div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\"><div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: auto;\"><div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"><div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CufEMTNLE5M\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Jen Kelchner \u2728\ud83d\udd2e\ud83d\udcbb (@jenkelchner)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the first time since the end of November 2022 that I feel okay. I have moved from the darkest space of being unwell towards okay. Okay isn\u2019t where I want to stay but it is progress and healing and movement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are gonna be just fine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, I\u2019m super excited to see the higher version of myself arise. I know I\u2019m going to love her! \u2763\ufe0f<\/span><\/p><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m trying out Threads if you\u2019re interested in engaging more closely on any of my hyperfocused interests and unmasking. Connect via IG or @jenkelchner on Threads.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Low-battery mode in effect Listen to post on YouTube The audio of this post is coming soon. The rise of my inner dragon. 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