Don’t Take It Personally
We can all attest to hearing the term “don’t take it personally” at least once in our lives. I’ve heard it before, many times actually. My mother used to say that I […]
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Waking Up with a Chronic Pain Disorder [Every Day]
From the moment I wake up, I’m exhausted. It used to take me at least an hour to gain the momentum to pull my aching limbs out of bed, but […]
Grocery Shopping with a Chronic Pain Disorder
One of my least favourite tasks as an adult is grocery shopping. Just ask my husband, I strategically avoid doing it by having him pick up items on his way […]
In The Background
There are a lot of things on my mind lately, and I’ve been uncharacteristically silent about all of them. I’ve wanted to sit down and write about it so the […]
#BellLetsTalk
I live with depression and anxiety, as well as a chronic pain bone disorder. For years, I didn’t talk about the depression and anxiety I dealt with daily because I […]
Writing is My Personal Therapy
I find the greatest form of therapy for me has always been writing. I can free myself, if only for a moment, by letting my words loose on a page […]
In Spite Of
The other day, I read an interview with author Veronica Roth. This part of the interview stirred up quite a bit of controversy in the chronic pain community: Particularly the line that […]
Take a Hike, Chronic Pain
I’ve always loved being outside. There’s something about nature that I find so utterly soothing. It’s beauty is memorizing. I grew up in a rural area. Our house sat at […]
Nature and Creativity
Winter isn’t my favourite time of the year. I find it’s beauty breathtaking, but the cold, damp weather brings more pain days, and I easily fall into bouts of depression […]
Exposed
Sometimes, taking a risk can be a good thing. Or at least, that’s been today’s adage. I wrote a piece, a deeply emotional piece. A deeply honest piece, over 2700 words […]