When the Conditions Start With I: The Invisible Battles We Live Through
You can’t always see the wound. But you still carry it, every day.“I” holds the illnesses people question, the conditions that hide beneath skin or silence.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome that reshapes routines. Infertility that steals dreams. Insomnia that robs peace.
These are not dramatic. But they are relentless.
This section is for the ones who have to explain themselves too often.
And for the ones who are done explaining.
"See It. Name It. Stand Against It."
Grief and IBS: When Trauma Lives in the Gut
Irritable Bowel Syndrome isn’t just a stomach thing. It’s the grief of avoidance—of skipping trips, skipping meals, skipping life because your body won’t cooperate.
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Grief and Insomnia: When Sleep Refuses to Soothe You
Insomnia isn’t just about being tired—it’s the grief of rest denied. Every night is a battlefield, every sunrise a surrender to another exhausted day.
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Grief and Infertility: When Hope Becomes Ritual and Routine
Infertility isn’t just about medicine. It’s about mourning month after month. It’s about silent heartbreaks, lonely holidays, and the grief that shows up with every negative test.
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Grief and Intrusive Thoughts: When the Mind Betrays Its Own Peace
They aren’t just “bad thoughts.” They’re uninvited. Unwelcome. Terrifying. Intrusive thoughts fracture identity—and grieving who you were before they started is part of surviving them.
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Grief and Infections That Linger: When the Body Won’t Let the Illness Go
Some infections end with antibiotics. Others don’t. The lingering ones—long COVID, Epstein-Barr, Lyme—become chronic shadows. You grieve certainty. You grieve trust in your own recovery.
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