Chronic illness

Nov 6, 2022

Heart in Pieces

If you were to ask me to list my talents, drawing wouldn’t even make it on there. Don’t get me wrong, I can easily draw you a picture...

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Oct 22, 2022

The Irony of Anorexia

I started writing the following piece many years ago, as a teenager completely ensnared in the claws of anorexia. Back then, I was so...

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Nov 2, 2021

I Tell You

I tell you I hurt all over and you inform me that the pain is all in my head Okay, I think, Maybe it’s my anxiety that’s causing me to...

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Oct 14, 2021

It Could Happen To You: How I Become Addicted to Painkillers

The following essay was originally published in The Layers Project Magazine. In my world, drugs were a shrouded secret, spoken about in...

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Jan 31, 2021

My Best Friends

Welcome back my friend Sorrow how I’ve missed the way you hug my body tightly and never let go. Pleasure to see you, Worry my mind has...

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Dec 22, 2020

Minor Details

The following piece depicts what life is like for many who suffer from a chronic illness. It was written at a very difficult time for me,...

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Dec 10, 2020

The Final Immersion

As you may have read in my other posts, I had a hysterectomy when I was 28 by an uninformed doctor who told me that having it would cure...

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Dec 9, 2020

176 Million

As those who know me are well aware, I am extremely passionate about shining a light on endometriosis and arming women with accurate...

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Dec 8, 2020

Safe

I initially posted this piece on an amazing website called Project Proactive (https://www.jproactive.com/). They are an incredible group...

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Dec 7, 2020

Midnight Musings: The Poem

I wrote the following poem late one night; one of the many in which sleep had eluded me. After finally surrendering to the symphony of...

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Dec 6, 2020

I have a confession...

I have a confession to make: I’m not writing this blog for you to read. In fact, I would be absolutely, perfectly content if not a single...

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