“You Have Toothpaste In Your Hair”

The past week was hellacious for me. I felt trapped in my own body. I had a severe flare up

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What Chronic Fatigue Feels Like

What is chronic fatigue? My mom asked me this weekend what it feels like, and I had a hard time

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5 Lessons I Learned from Boxing & Pacquiao on Resilience & Surviving Illness

I’m really excited for tonight’s Paperview Fight, Pacquiao vs. Algieri.   People are always surprised to find out that I’m

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The Truth: Why Don’t Chronically Ill People Speak Up More Often?

When people ask me how I’m feeling and I say “I’m tired,” they assume I’m talking about the chronic fatigue

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Who Am I? The Chronically Ill Person’s Identity Crisis

Three years ago, I became a contributor to a mental health website.  They asked me to submit a brief bio,

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