A place for stories about chronic illness, disability, mental health, and neurodivergence.
Poetry
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Handing in the doctor’s / prescription / Scrawled commitment / chronic forever / a new medication / to add to the mix
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I hope you have a cute name / Scout or Wishbone / Flanders or Doug / Rick or Trapper.
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Hey, this is me talking to you. I am important: I hold your head and protect your spinal cord.
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Transient discomfort of uncertain origin Activating ancient internal reactions
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My counselor asks; my reply pours out of my chest, along with a waterfall of tears, in a very cartoonish stream.
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