The Irksome Thing About Being A Trauma Survivor… …is that it is surprisingly isolating. In an odd way it gives one some sense of what it is like to live in the closet in earlier years. We, as a culture, don’t even like to talk about trauma in an abstract […]
Anxiety
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So, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia when I was in my early 20s. I was showing symptoms long before that. And I had chronic pneumonia from my childhood, on top of asthma, ADHD, and depression. I was working for a company that had me commuting roughly 10 hours a day, […]
Best friends is not exactly a term often heard when discussing ones mental illness, but it’s true for mine. The two of them are near inseparable. They’re like two old women who go to the hairdressers mainly to gossip or the old conspiracy theorist that everyone tries to avoid so […]
I recently chose to go on antidepressants for the first time since I was 17. I fought long and hard to avoid going back on them, but I forgot one major thing during that fight. That medication to help your mental health isn’t a mark of failure. Let me repeat […]
I’ve been told this a lot recently I just had my second major surgery. It went well and though it was only a week ago, I can tell it’s healing pretty good thus far. The surgery prep was less than phenomenal, though it wasn’t the fault of a bad nursing […]
“OMG, why do you talk about your medical problems so often?” I’ve had this conversation, as well as overheard this conversation, recently… “No, seriously. It’s like you’re always talking about it. Your rings, your surgery, your doctors, your diagnosis, your pain. On and on and on and on to everyone!” […]
Learning to Let People Help Isn’t Always Easy I’m not talking about asking your brother to pass the salt at dinner or getting the smart kid that sits next to you in class to “help” you with your essay, though I’m sure both those examples can come with their share […]
As I wrote in the Part One of this the other day: Recovering from surgery is taxing in the best of situations. Your body is diverting a lot of resources to the area that was worked on and, as in my case, is trying to decide whether to fight or […]