The Brutal Reality Check that is a Week and a Half of Normal Activity

What happens when someone with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and a whole host of other invisible ailments tries to keep up with normal humans for a week and a half? Let’s find out!

That Moment When You Can’t Hide it Any Longer

An intimate look at the reality of how chronic illness alters romantic relationships and how we view ourselves.

Eleven Months of Hell has Finally Ended

Living on disability comes with the added stress of knowing you may be ripped off of it at any point for any reason – completely vulnerable to the whims of someone you’ve never met.

The Dilemma of Gender Inclusion and Preferred Names on Medical Forms

How can preferred pronouns hurt you when your medical records are shared?

How Living on Disability in the US is like being in a Toxic Relationship

How what started as a social welfare net turned into a punishment.

Fatigue is not “Just Being Tired”

…and many people are capable of hiding chronic pain in the same way an injured animal might if there’s a wolf looking at them.

My Overly Adventurous Struggle to Submit Paperwork

Well if you’ve been following this blog you know that a few months ago I was told I was being thrown off disability when they determined I’d “improved enough to have gainful employment.” So since the end of October I

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Emotional Numbness and What it Might Mean

Whether my life is falling apart or going well I am having a hard time feeling anything at all.

Western Medicine’s Uneasy Relationship with the Mind & Body Connection

It’s no real secret that Western Medicine is deeply uncomfortable admitting that there is a mind and body connection when it comes to the health of an individual. This often mixes with a  deep unspoken systematic misogyny that colors a

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