My experience with asthma has been a rollercoaster my entire life: I had severe asthma when I was a baby, it seemed to go away for a bit in elementary school, but then it came back, stronger than ever (like Voldemort). As such, I think I know a little about #asthmaproblems, and it’s time for the world to know. If you have asthma, most of these will probably be familiar to you.
1. Laughing so hard you literally cannot breathe
No, really, if you don’t grab my inhaler I will DIE.
2. All your friends asking to try your inhaler for fun
You’re wasting precious puffs!!
3. Your pre-workout routine consists of breathing exercises and taking hits from your inhaler
(and praying)
4. What you wanted to say when your P.E. teacher made you run laps
pls
5. And then being seen as a whiny and dramatic when you mention you can’t breathe
I’ll just go in the corner and pass out quietly.
6. Forgetting to use your inhaler before or during a workout, and tasting blood in your throat
I did this to myself.
7. Knowing you’ll look like this whether you remembered to use it or not
Let’s not kid ourselves.
8. Sleeping slightly propped up at night so you don’t suffocate
What is lying down?
9. Asthma at night just in general
Why is it always so much worse at night??
10. Accepting your asthma and the fact that you’ll forever be suffocating
It is what it is.
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