I know not everyone is a Shakespeare fan, but bear with me for a moment. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troublesAnd by opposing end them. To die—to sleep,No more; and by a sleep to […]
coping skills
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I was gifted a very unexpected emotional rollercoaster of a journey early in the morning one day, so I wanted to pass that journey on to all of you. If you stay with it, I promise, it has an uplifting ending, but consider this your “Bad Feelings Ahead” trigger warning. […]
Thank the gods for speech to text in this moment. Friday, my hands started to get little tiny blisters on the joints. This is something I’m familiar with as dyshidrotic eczema. It can happen for any number of reasons and I’ve gotten to know (or thought I did) most of […]
This is a subject that turned into a major discussion with my therapist as well as those close to me. The way that I understood the idea of forgiveness, until this point, was to release the negative feelings and then be able to feel love towards the person and honestly […]
We’ve had some really intense weather shifts that have left me wanting to crawl in bed and stay there. Even as I type this, I feel an intense pressure at the back of my skull, my left hip is grinding every time I shift my weight, my right foot just […]
So, Anxiety Zebras… After having the world’s stupidest period my whole life, I finally get a doctor who says “hey, PCOS” and doesn’t do anything. But, after a couple of years of my period playing with me (everyday, nada for months, then need transfusions) a good doctor repeats the PCOS bit […]
I’m not going to lie, the reason that I first started this article was so I didn’t scream at the next person that said “OOOOOOOO, I’m going to tell your surgeon you’re doing that!” when they saw me walking. To their credit, I have a bit of a unique complication […]
When I first started this site, I wrote about the EDS specific surgery I got for my ankles. Before I continue here, I want to be very clear that I in no way regret getting the surgeries and I will still, if your doctor suggests it, recommend it in a […]
There’s tons of media that perpetuate the idea of the poor, helpless injured person being cared for having an unexpected, passionate sexual encounter in the middle of it. Injured individual needs to get a shower, assistant starts out nervous and shy, hands slip, and oh my surprise sex! It shouldn’t […]
It came up several times in conversations recently, that my ability to tolerate pain is something to aspire to. Each time someone says it, it’s like a punch to the gut. Which, I realize can be an odd thing to say. A high pain tolerance sounds like a super power […]