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!
…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.
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
It’s been a frustrating few weeks. My brain fog has lifted and my mind is absolutely whirring at top speed. I can’t slow down for a second, not even to breathe, as I think of more things I need to
It’s easy to tell patients that they need to, “keep trying different doctors until one helps you,” but what happens when that really isn’t an option?
I start kicking ass – go too far – and crash. C’est la vie.
All of us need to take care of ourselves but this is especially important of people with chronic health issues.
Living with chronic illness is hard enough for a woman in her thirties without the added stress of having to find a boyfriend to financially take care of you.
What do you do when you realize your own body is betraying you in every way that an abusive boyfriend would?
What happens to the fragile juvenile mind when their life becomes nothing more than one hospital visit after another?