I had to sleep on the couch last night. I’ve spent 99% of my day on the couch, too.
I hate doing that.
My pain the last few days has been higher than I’ve wanted to admit, even to myself. Today, this…
I am in love with this piece from Esmé Weijun Wang:
When I speak out about my Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, I often hear things like:
It’s the best time to have arthritis, doncha know?
If you haven’t seen part one of this story, please click here. It will define the term ‘painsomnia’ and give further background for this piece.
A quick note: If you haven’t heard of the term ‘painsomnia’ before, it is a popular one within the chronic illness and chronic pain online communities. Simply put, it is that state of existence in which you are enduring too much pain to get sleep. You can see examples of this on…
Triggers: mention of suicide/death, drug use
The past month for me has been better than the last year as far as pain is…
Disclaimer: I’m in some pain as I write this, so it’s not going to be pretty, flawless, or very nice. TW: mentions of covert incest.
According to the CDC, about half of the population of the United States has one or more chronic illnesses or…