Tag: pain

• Armor

  

  I’m working really hard right now to think of my body as functional, beautiful, and perfect in its imperfections. I gave my body to science and I’m trying very hard to get it back.

  ChronicLibraryCD

  September 22, 2024

  About Me, HSCT

  anxiety, autonomy, body image, body neutrality, body positivity, chemotherapy, Chronic Illness, chronic-pain, depression, emotional armor, healing, HSCT, mental health, mental illness, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, pain, therapy, trauma

• Depths of Despair

  

  My mobility is not me. I work every day to understand that simple sentence. But I write now, from a place of darkness, of loss, of profound grief.

  ChronicLibraryCD

  February 23, 2023

  About Me, HSCT, MS

  anxiety, chemotherapy, Chronic Illness, Cleveland Clinic, depression, despair, hospital stay, HSCT, mental health, mental illness, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, pain, shingles, vaccines

• Movement, Energy & the Body

  

  Movement – a word that holds so much joy, so much possibility and for me, sorrow and loss as well.

  ChronicLibraryCD

  January 30, 2023

  About Me, HSCT, MS

  Chronic Illness, disability, HSCT, mobility, movement, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, pain, stretching, walking, yoga