Sometimes our minds block out memories that relate to high levels of stress or trauma –– but life isn't about remembering the happy stuff and forgetting everything else.
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Sometimes our minds block out memories that relate to high levels of stress or trauma –– but life isn't about remembering the happy stuff and forgetting everything else.
It's nearly impossible to make significant improvements to patient lives when every other week we have to use all our exhaustible energy calling congress.
It’s a lot less fun to binge watch Stranger Things in bed when everyone else you know is out having fun and you’re hanging out with your cats and your guilt over being a bad friend.
Know that being diagnosed with a serious health problem is a significant type of trauma, and it's okay to treat it as such.
One third of patients with a chronic illness experience symptoms of depression.
Being healthy up to this point in your life does not make you immune to falling ill tomorrow, or next week, or when you're fifty.
Try to make sure your students know they can come to you if they’re feeling overwhelmed balancing the spinning plates that are school and a chronic illness.
Know your limits and don't be afraid to enforce them. People who don't understand the value of rest are missing out on a lot of great TV movies, anyway.
There's a saying that goes "Health is a crown that the healthy wear, but only the sick can see it."
How do I help and become more aware? I’m busy and I have like three episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale to watch later.
Making pre-existing conditions uninsurable is turning non-lethal diagnoses into death sentences.
I firmly believe that learning to enjoy being alone is one of the hardest things to do in life –– and if I hadn’t had to do it via immersion therapy, without a say, I might still not be comfortable.
This year forced me to become an adult in ways I otherwise would have continued putting off for another decade.
Because as much as I want to go dance to Rihanna and drink a vodka soda and be there when someone pukes off a balcony, the FOMO is often outweighed by the FOGO.
Because when you’re young and sick and feel like you’re missing out on real life, you’ve got some stuff to be angry about.
In Trump’s America, I have to pay $15,000 a month out of pocket. I cannot do that, as most people can’t.
While a lot of healthy, upper-middle-class white dudes can afford to sit this one out because their rights aren’t at stake here, we definitely can’t.