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===How spoon theory works === [[File:Spoon-theory.jpg|left|thumb|Spoon theory poster]] {{clear}} [[File:SpoonTheory Infographic.png|alt=Spoon Theory Infographic|left|thumb|Spoon Theory Infographic]] {{clear|both}} * A person has roughly the same amount of energy each day. * Each unit of energy is represented by a ''spoon''. * Healthy people have more ''spoons'' (energy) than those with an illness that causes chronic fatigue. * Some activities cost more ''spoons'' than others. * A person with a fatiguing chronic illness needs to make decisions about which activities to spend their limited number of ''spoons'' (energy) on -- the illness stops them doing many things they want to do. * The chronic illness means that if the person does too much in the morning, they will not have enough spoons left for the afternoon or evening. * The chronic illness may mean that a person can do something in the morning OR on the afternoon - but NOT both. They may seem inconsistent because their energy levels and number of spoons fluctuate. * A healthy person does not need to plan how to spend their spoons, because they do not have an illness that limits them<ref name="TheSpoonTheory" /><ref name="Ouchblog">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-22972767</ref>.
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