chronic fatigue, Chronic illness, Chronic pain, Fibromyalgia, life lessons

Let go

Today, I Choose to Let Go. I must remind myself every day. โ€œLet them go, Thora, Let them goโ€. I choose to let go of the people who have already let go of me. โ€œBut you love them Thora, yes I do and thatโ€™s why I must let them goโ€. They let go and left… Continue reading Let go

chronic fatigue, Chronic illness, Chronic pain, Fibromyalgia, insomnia, invisible illnesses, loneliness, myalgic encephalomyelitis, pain, Uncategorized

I feel like not being here

I feel like not being here. But I stay so my loved ones arenโ€™t hurt by my absence. So, not dying just not being here anymore. Itโ€™s a comforting thought to have. Going to this place in my mind where I donโ€™t feel pain anymore. Where I no longer have thoughts which take me over.… Continue reading I feel like not being here

chronic fatigue, Chronic illness, Chronic pain, Fibromyalgia, fnd, insomnia, myalgic encephalomyelitis

We don’t fake being sick we fake being well

The person you see on the left is the image you see when Iโ€™m in public. The person on the right is what I look like when I am at home. The person on the right is the person I try so desperately not to be. I lie to myself every time I leave the… Continue reading We don’t fake being sick we fake being well

chronic fatigue, Chronic illness, Fibromyalgia, insomnia, myalgic encephalomyelitis, neurodivergence

Harnessing my creative brain & my new-found joie de vivre

My creative brain rarely gives me a rest. Over a year of chronic brain fog and a deep depression caused by my multiple chronic health conditions and their symptoms, dulled my brain activity. A dark, heavy, grey fog. A complete paralysis of my senses. Now it has lifted. Thereโ€™s a break in the clouds. Am… Continue reading Harnessing my creative brain & my new-found joie de vivre