A place for stories about chronic illness, disability, mental health, and neurodivergence.
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By Wendy Kennar1. I don’t need to apologize.
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By Lev RaphaelI felt bathed in golden light of understanding: my past opened up to me in a whole new way.
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By Susan OlmiIn Toothpaste, the essayist learns to live with PTSD as a result of illness, surgeries, and medical malpractice.
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By Leo Castaneda-PinedaLeo Castaneda-Pineda traces their post-concussion syndrome back to a game of soccer at the age of 11. In their essay, Castaneda-Pineda talks about how their condition evolved, the struggles of making their voice heard to doctors and learning to own “the disability label.”