Living with Chronic Conditions

Let's talk about accommodations. We'll go over what they are briefly and I'll tell you my story. Yours will be different, but hopefully...

Savor the small things— The little joys that flirt   right around the edges of your attention. Savor them. Make them last. Swirl them...

I'm falling apart in slow motion, each piece floating away from my core as I stare helpless. The farther it gets, the more I forget what...

during a flare; I’m feeling dehumanized   I am just a broken mind living in a broken body, seeing the world through a broken lens—...

I'm angry at myself at the world at pain and at noise; at the futility of my attempts to live without pain. It is no longer pain but an...

Chronic illnesses can be weird. They like to travel in groups so if you have one it's likely you have a couple others tagging along for...

Anxiety. I'm constantly in a state of OK what did I fuck up this time? Don't tell me I'm not a fuck up. Just don't. Stop. I know . If I...

I live with disabilities. I am disabled. I'm a person with disabilities.  Any of those work. Some people prefer one over the other. I...

Am I now The Depressed and Anxious One?  Do you feel compelled to be extra gentle with me now that you know? Are you seeing my past...