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Here's a thread of some of the writing that saved me this year as I struggled (and continue to struggle) through my health. Confronting, denying, connecting, withdrawing, crying, joking, and all the rest of it.
This piece by @nidsitis that brought me comfort, clarity and friendship: http://blog.sexualityanddisability.org/2017/05/ive-pain-two-years-still-struggle-accept-real/
Sick Woman Theory by @bighedva http://www.maskmagazine.com/not-again/struggle/sick-woman-theory "How do you throw a brick through the window of a bank if you can’t get out of bed?"
Lupus on the Seventh Day by @HShahana who inspires effortlessly: http://blog.sexualityanddisability.org/2017/06/lupus-seventh-day/
When depression is labelled ‘all in your head’: http://blog.sexualityanddisability.org/2016/10/depression-labelled-head/ "You can kick the monster off your boat, one step at a time. Every time you wake up, take a bath, smile, work, breathe, you are defeating the monster", says @latentappy
This comic by @IsuriMH that I couldn't find anywhere except on her Instagram and I highly recommend you read all the parts (7 posts in all I believe): https://www.instagram.com/p/BUMeJGJgumc/
“Tweezers underneath my pillow: grappling with trichotillomania” by Manjiri Indurkar: https://medium.com/skin-stories/tweezers-underneath-my-pillow-grappling-with-trichotillomania-ba8642a5258b (@shreyilaanasuya edits the amazing #SkinStories)
Waiting for Depression to Lift by Effy Redman: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/26/well/mind/waiting-for-depression-to-lift.html "The depression is a silent, slow motion tsunami of dark breaking over me. I can’t swim away from it and don’t believe I can survive its natural withdrawal. That’s why I am here."
Saved the best for the last. “If we bring our loneliness to the internet, what do we take away?” by @hirishitalkies https://deepdives.in/if-we-bring-our-loneliness-to-the-internet-what-do-we-take-away-87f7b59e4217 Thank you Richa for this. It makes and breaks me and brings me a little closer to my center (whatever that is) with every read.
I’m forever having visceral reactions to them 
