Your Body Isn’t Broken — It’s Just Done Negotiating

💥 Power Surge: “Your Body Isn’t Broken — It’s Just Done Negotiating”

There’s a difference between something being broken… and something being done.

That’s what chronic illness teaches you. Slowly. Brutally. Reluctantly.

You wake up one day and realize your body’s no longer playing along.
It’s no longer bargaining with exhaustion.
No longer pretending it can “catch up.”
No longer willing to be pushed through symptoms like it owes you a performance.

This is not failure. This is your body finally setting boundaries you never did.

And yeah — it hurts.
It hurts to watch people sprint past you.
It hurts to sit out of things you used to crush.
It hurts to realize the machine you lived in has gone union.

But maybe this isn’t the end of power.
Maybe this is where power starts:
in rest, in resistance, in radical self-respect.

You’re not broken.
You’re not lazy.
You’re just done negotiating.

🔥 Hot Plate, Cold Nerves: No-Negotiation Nachos

Because some days, your appetite and your dignity deserve the same thing: cheese.

What You Need:

• Tortilla chips

• Shredded cheese

• Black beans (or meat if you have it)

• Salsa, sour cream, jalapenos, chaos

How to:

1. Throw it on a baking sheet

2. Melt it under the broiler or microwave it like a gremlin

3. Eat with your hands. You’ve earned it.

🛠️ Fix-It Corner: Stop “Pushing Through” and Try These Instead

• Timer-based tasks – 15 minutes on, 30 off. You’re not a robot.

• Floor activities – do stuff sitting down and save your legs for the big battles

• Say “no” without an explanation – your body already gave one

🗳️ Reader Poll: What’s Your Body No Longer Negotiating With?

• Social events that drain me

• Foods that lie to me

• Doctors who don’t listen

• Expectations from my past self

• Other? Hit reply and let’s name it.

💢 Mini Rant: Your Body Isn’t the Problem — The Hustle Culture Is

You were trained to see slowing down as weakness.
To see “can’t” as a moral failure.
To think that pain is a test and rest is a reward.

It’s not.

Pain is data.
Rest is strategy.
Saying no is survival.

You didn’t fail. You adapted.

🗣️ Journal Prompt: