This month has been one of extreme ups and downs for me. It’s been hard, but like “the little engine that could,” I keep keeping on, trying to find ways to make it through. There’s still a lot of uncertainties ahead for me and I’ve got a long road ahead,…
I was officially diagnosed with anxiety at the end of August. I posted here some of my thoughts about that. The experience of being diagnosed officially on paper in black and white was validating and terrifying, a mix of relief and dread. What I was going through…
Before getting into this column, I want to say that it is as much for me as for you. This is a post documenting my experience so far. I don’t claim that anyone will have the same experience as I have, and I would love to hear from…
It’s nearly impossible to try to explain to someone what it’s like to live with a chronic illness. You will have good days and bad. Both will appear to your friends as extreme — one night you’re out at the movies, having dinner with them, laughing, having a great time;…
Now that you know a little more about all the things I’ve been going through the past month, I didn’t want you to think it’s all a negative experience. Life doesn’t have to be like that, even when you’re chronically ill. But I know firsthand how easy it…
I’ve been thinking a lot about what information this column could bring you next. I’ve covered a lot of ground here, and want to keep going with content that really matters. Most of us, whether we have a disability or a chronic illness, or we’re close to someone…
It’s confession time: one of my favorite things to do is to spend hours online watching videos about how people get ready in the morning, or tutorials about how people organize their planner or clean their bathroom. I look up organization ideas on Pinterest. I love it, I…
It feels so weird to still be writing after the month I’ve had. There were many times this month when I’ve wondered if and when I would continue writing or doing anything for that matter. In short, my physical, mental, and emotional health has tanked. I’ve been forced…
Someone once referred to my boyfriend and I as “relationship goals,” which in the age of hashtags and going viral, sounds like the equivalent of getting a ton of likes on something you post, etc. Something told me I should have been ecstatic, but somehow I also sensed…
A month ago, just shy of my boyfriend and I celebrating our one-year anniversary, we went together to an OB-GYN appointment — this is because we’re in the process of trying to find relief for some pretty intense vaginal pain that I’m having (and have had since puberty, but that’s…