In order for my personal blog to feel authentic to me, I’ve only worried about the categorising of the posts, rather than focusing on anything more complicated*. Instead, I have neatly organised a list of things I have been diagnosed with over the years; only the ones talked about will be listed here.
It doesn’t need to be said, but living with any of these diagnoses’ is hard. Living with these illnesses along with chronic pain is even harder. There are weeks at a time — not hours, not days — that leave me bed ridden. It feels like I flare up whenever the wind blows, and I have an even harder time staying motivated to get out of bed, much less do anything that requires any physical task that isn’t breathing. I try everything in my own power to lessen my pain: yoga, stretching, meditation, holistic medicine, western medicine, self-massaging. If it’s an okay day, those things help ease the pain, but don’t take it away; if it’s a bad day, which are more likely, those things don’t help, and are oftentimes impossible for me to perform. Put simply, it hurts to live.
Underlined text are temporary or curable disorders, diseases, or infections that left long-lasting effects. They may also be disorders that tend to lay dormant most of the time, but will stay active for me when those specific flares do happen.
* I do not find organising complicated, or think focusing on that aspect is a bad thing; I’m just usually too high and/or lazy.
Mental Disorders
My mental health is currently being managed by my PCP and I as a team. A medication plan is in place to treat my mental health, but as my physical health often affects my mental health, we’ve also incorporated another plan (subplan?) for my physical health as well.
Physical Disorders
