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Processing this Diagnosis

I’m just saying it should not have been a leap that took more than half of a century to make.

Why did it take a half of a century to make this leap? I daresay because I have a vagina.

ADHD, AFAB, ASD, Assigned Female at Birth, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Female, girl, Neurodivergence, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, nontypical, vagina

My Bendy Brain: Mental Health and Ehlers-Danlos

Before I go too far, let me preface this. Unlike some of my articles that have been extensively researched, this…

#MentalHealthAwareness, abuse, ADHD, ASD, Autism, different, disability, Disabled, dissociative identity disorder, Mental Health, Mental Illness, mental injury, multiple personality disorder, OCD, psychology, PTSD, SPD

A Balm for the Bruises and Bends:

Managing My Ehlers-Danlos with Cannabis I have made no secret of the fact that I endure a considerable amount of…

#MentalHealthAwareness, anxiety, Autism, balm, believer, cannabis, comfort, EDS, Ehlers-Danlos Awareness, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, FECO, Grandma Cat, hEDS, management, Medicine, MyEDSChallenge, oil, prayer, recipe, salve

Diagnosis: Zebra

After lifetimes of confusing medical problems, an answer is now clear for many “When you hear hoofprints, think horses.” That…

Antibiotic, diagnosis, Disabilty, Drug Injury, EDS, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Fluoroquinolone Toxicity, Healthcare, hEDS, inflammation, joint pain, Levofloxacin, Maggie Slighte, MyEDSChallenge, neuropathy, Papa Ostler, prescription, research, Stripes, tendonitis, tendonopathy, zebra

Owning Her Stripes

For most of her life, she had experienced pain. Pain that other people said couldn’t exist.

chronic pain, disability, EDS, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, hEDS, hypochondriac, lyrical essay, MyEDSChallenge, pain, peom, poetry, Stripes, zebra

Autism Awareness: Accepting a New Diagnosis

April is Autism Acceptance (and Awareness) month. What better month to ask some questions of my therapist and get to…

#Depression, #MentalHealthAwareness, Autism, Healthcare, Mental Health, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity

A Decade with A Dog

I’ve written a little about my background with other dogs before mine, and then how Athena Brooke came to be…

Athena, Athena Brooke, dogs, family, Friends, Ruger Bear, service dog

Contrasts of a Confection

During my poetry class, we were given an assignment to write two contrasting poems about the same substance. One of…

#KeepTalkingMH, #MentalHealthAwareness, AmWriting, Creative Nonfiction, Education, Grad School, Graduate Program, nonfiction writing, performance, poem, poetry, publishing, reading

Where I’m From: An Original Poem

Wondering why I’ve decided to share so many poems lately? Well, tomorrow, March 21st IS World Poetry Day! Here’s my…

#RecentWriting, family, family history, poem, poetry, Where I'm From, World Poetry Day

Screaming Secrets: An Original Poem

Screaming Secrets The wronged shrieked         from their fingertips,             silenced no longer,     Empowered by consent, Enraged from words             not welcomed…

#Depression, #MentalHealthAwareness, Activism, Creative Nonfiction, family, me too, Memoir, poem, poetry

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