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Loving Yourself Isn’t Easy When Chronically Ill

Loving Yourself Isn't Easy When Chronically Ill

There are insurmountable challenges when living with chronic illness. The constant, excruciating pain. The neverending fatigue that even the longest night's sleep refuses to fix. The endless anxiety of never knowing when symptoms will strike next, leaving you incapable of doing well, anything. But one challenge is often overlooked. And that challenge is the ability to love yourself. No, loving yourself isn't easy when chronically ill. When we are diagnosed with a chronic illness, we wish we could break up...

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Anxiety Through The Prism of Chronic Illness

Anxiety; Through The Prism of Chronic Illness

Anxiety, like an unwanted stalker, has followed me for as long as I can remember. Moments of panic and worry punctuated my life. Anxious thoughts overpowered my brain. All of which existed long before being diagnosed with a neurological disorder. Although the symptoms of which existed from a very young age, they became more pronounced as I grew up. However, doctors could find no cause to explain such symptoms. The anxiety that had always been a part of my life became...

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The Everyday Performance of Appearing Well

The Everyday Performance of Appearing Well

An Expert In Faking Being Well A life with chronic illness, the world often indeed does feel like a stage, and I an actor within it. Every day when breaking out into the world, I feel like I am performing; acting for the benefit of others and often myself.  As such, every day becomes a performance of appearing well. Pretending that nothing is wrong with me or my body even if it is far from the truth.  I have become an expert in...

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