I was recently talking to a friend about how I’m super nerdy and miss school. Specifically I miss writing essays. This has come up before...

There are several different ways to divide the nervous system up. It’s an incredibly complex system. In school I remember learning about...

I’ve found that there are a lot of things that I have to keep track of every day that a healthy person does not usually think about at...

Around the time I was in college I struggled with anorexia. It took me about a year to acknowledge what was what was going on in the...

Anxiety around going to the dentist is a super normal thing. I have personally experienced a lot of anxiety around dentists, in part due...

I’ve spent much of the last 8 years in 'the land of the sick.' 8 years ago is when I started having chronic illness symptoms that greatly...

I saw a graphic on Instagram the other day that I’ve been thinking about a lot. Unfortunately I can’t remember who posted it so I can’t...

This post is not directly related to chronic illness but it is a reflection on grief which I believe is intimately connected with the...

It’s been over a month since I posted last. I started a new job and I’ve been devoting most of my energy to that. A few weeks ago I...

This time of year it seems like everyone I talk to is either sick or has been around someone who is sick. As a person with chronic...

I’ve found when I meet people who are unfamiliar with POTS they can get hung up on what causes the symptoms I’m talking about. I think of...

I’ve always found winters to be hard. It’s a combination of the low light and the isolation due to bad weather and the fear of spreading...

It’s January which means nearly everyone is reflecting on last year and setting resolutions and goals for the coming year. In general I...

This time of year me, and most of the people I know, are prone to depression. The weather, the lack of light near the solstice, and the...

The Holiday season is in full swing and that can mean a lot of stressors, both physical and emotional. In addition to all the stressors...

The Holidays are here! Sometimes it can be hard to know what presents to get for the person/people in your life with chronic illness....

I have POTS which stands for Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. One of the problems in POTS is that blood pools in my lower...

I’ve had trouble posting about this because when I look back on my writings from headache/migraine days it always feels rather dramatic....

Bad mental health days are inevitable for me, so it’s been important for me to have a plan for the bad days. It took me 5 years of...

We in the chronic illness community are at the mercy of a system that wasn’t built for us and isn’t equipped the handle us. The current...