How Stoicism Helped Me Deal with Suffering

And hopefully, help you as well.

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As I’m furiously typing away, it hits, a blinding wave of pain. Slamming shut the lid of my laptop, I rise from my chair and drop onto my bed. I can’t think of anything else. The pain is too intense. There’s grenade after grenade exploding inside my head and bead after bead of sweat dripping off my forehead.