Have you ever been in so much pain that all you want to do is lie down and sleep — but sleep eludes you because your brain won’t shut down? You’re stuck in a job you chose but now hate. Your nervous system won’t calm down. Your body is full of pain but your brain has taught you to run […]
Today my body made a decision before I was ready to make it. I logged into work at 5:30am like I do every morning.I had meetings. Messages. The usual pressure of showing up and being on. And then I fell asleep. No warning. No permission asked. For three hours. Logged in. Completely gone. Here’s something chronic illness has been teaching […]
There’s a tax nobody tells you about when you immigrate to build a career. It’s not financial.It’s not culture shock.It lives in your body. Immigrant professionals on work visas live under a kind of pressure that is hard to explain unless you’ve experienced it. Your ability to stay is tied to your job.You can’t easily say no.You can’t easily walk […]
RESEARCH SIMPLIFIED SERIES – POST # 2 If you have ever walked into a room and forgotten why, struggled to find a word mid-sentence, or stared at a task that once felt simple but now feels impossible—you’ve met brain fog. For people living with invisible illnesses, brain fog isn’t occasional forgetfulness. It’s a daily disruption, a haze that blurs focus, […]
This is more of an unexpected post or my random rambling. As much as this website is about living beyond symptoms and really putting a positive spin to a life beyond the day to day pan and suffering of chronic illness. But this post is about how hard it is on a day to day basis. Some days you just […]
CONFESSIONS SERIES – POST # 3 Today, I want to write about some struggles of mine and see if any of you feel the same. I have a master’s degree in psychology, and I have fairly well managed bipolar disorder. Both me and my family took the time to educate ourselves about bipolar disorder. But what I want to talk […]
CONFESSIONS SERIES – POST # 2 There’s a certain kind of loneliness that comes with texting, “I’m sorry, I can’t make it today.” Not because I don’t want to be there, but because my body has already made the decision for me. But it is completely next level loneliness that takes really a while to hit you and make you […]