BPD amplifies all my emotions, which is wonderful when it comes to the positive ones, but often worrying when it comes to all the ones that...
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Recalibrating life: Coming face-to-face with chronic illness
Chronic illness, unending fatigue and pain, change everything. Not just in the more tangible ways but even more in how you begin to barter with...
Heart emojis and high fives: Finding community in a virtual group of fellow women amputees
When I got added to a group called Wonder Women in 2014 by a woman I'd met briefly at my prosthetic clinic, my first reaction was a faint sense...
Review: Porochista Khakpour’s ‘Sick: A Memoir’
The only times I have felt less alone in my body has been through witnessing narratives like Khakpour's. Reading other women on living with...
What access to a smartphone has meant for me as a person living with chronic fatigue syndrome
For those of us who have access to them, smartphones can in many ways build a bridge between a world which isn’t designed for us and a world...
Navigating healthcare as a Dalit, non-binary person with debilitating social anxiety
No amount of therapy worked when I was young. I only met upper caste psychologists and psychiatrists with whom I never felt comfortable...
Invisible knife: Living with misophonia
Misophonia is a neurological disorder in which certain sounds trigger the body’s fight-or-flight response.
At the worst time of my life, I found the warm embrace of an open book
This was when I realised holding a book in your hand is an experience of mutual vulnerability. When a book is lying in front of you, in all its...
As a woman with a disability, I’m either seen as ‘helpless’ or ‘heroic’
Like the rest of society, people with disabilities are simply carrying on with their lives. Whether we are being pushed away because we are...
How to tell him that you have bipolar disorder
You remember all the times you did not make sense. When you picked up and threw a large rock on a wall. When you snapped, and when you snapped...