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I have also seen this word used fairly often by "healthy" people, that is, people without disabilities or chronic diseases. We all run out of "spoons" from time to time, and the image is a useful one. Thnidu (talk) 17:00, 5 April 2015 (UTC)Reply
No, you don't all run out of spoons. It means incurring medical harm or becoming so incapacitated that you can't care for your body in a basic way (think bedpan) and would have trouble fleeing from danger. It's not the same thing at all and that's really messed up to claim. It may be a convenient expression for you, but it is the only current phrase communicating this lifechanging, alienating experience for a minority grourp. 2603:3024:E0F:E400:E48B:1165:FE89:5E68 (talk) 18:43, 28 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
Spoon theory is a phrase not a word, and as a concept it can't apply to "well" people. Making words meaningless is not helpful. Just say running out of energy for them, instead. 185.13.50.217 (talk) 10:38, 26 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
I edited some problematic language that implied disabled people can't be neurotypical / all disabled people are neurodivergant. Mentioning this here because it's in the section that discusses "spoon theory" being used by healthy people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.237.144.215 (talk) 01:12, 18 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
