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The Spoon Theory is an analogy to describe what it’s like to live with chronic illness

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Summary
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60% Informative

Spoons represent one’s energy or capacity, and everything you do throughout the day requires you to “use” a certain number of spoons.

The abled community may not understand how chronic illness can limit one's energy.

Many Spoonies report that Spoon Theory helps them to articulate their disability-related needs in easy-to-understand terms.

Emma states that they have to attend to their fluctuating levels and identify patterns to predict their needs.

Emma notes a history of burning out every few years due to going beyond their limits.

Allen shares that he tries to focus on what is “most urgent” and “lean[s] into ADHD” to self-motivate.

VR Score

39

Informative language

28

Neutral language

70

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

51

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

Time-value

long-living

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