When the Conditions Start With G: The Griefs That Don’t Go Away Quietly
From genetics to gut to gender—these conditions don’t just affect how we live, but who we believe we are.“G” conditions carry layered griefs:
Chronic digestive illness. The disorientation of gender dysphoria. The raw vulnerability of a genetic diagnosis that can’t be changed, only carried.
These pages don’t just explain. They bear witness.
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Grief and Gender Dysphoria: When the Body Doesn’t Feel Like Home
This isn’t a trend or a phase—it’s a quiet ache that never asked for an audience. Gender dysphoria is grief wrapped in skin. A longing to be seen, known, aligned.
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Grief and Genetic Disorders (Inherited metabolic disorders): When the Diagnosis Is In Your DNA
You can’t outrun it. Can’t will it away. Genetic disorders aren’t always visible, but they change every plan—and sometimes every generation. Grief doesn’t wait for symptoms to begin.
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Grief and Gastrointestinal Illness: When Pain Lives in the Core of You
Crohn’s. Colitis. IBS. These are not “just tummy issues.” They disrupt daily life, intimate moments, and the relationship between food and safety. It’s grief that shows up three times a day.
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Grief and Guillain-Barré Syndrome: When Your Body Turns Against You
One day you’re walking. The next, your legs won’t move. GBS comes fast, frightening, and unpredictable—forcing grief for independence, control, and normalcy.
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Grief and Gonorrhea: When Shame Hides the Hurt
STIs carry more than symptoms—they carry shame, silence, and judgment. Gonorrhea is treatable. But the grief of stigma? That takes longer to heal.
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