Day 18: Do you think you have become a better person through being ill? I’m not the same person I was before I became ill. I certainly wasn’t a bad person before; I was generally happy, compassionate, funny, and caring. And I still have those things.
Day 17: How would things be different if you weren’t ill? Oh boy. Let’s begin dreaming, shall we?
“You may find that your grief and sense of loss over the world you once knew seem endless. And yet there are possibilities and potentialities within you that are more endless still. What is this unseen force that carries you forward despite yourself? Why can you not seem to choke, always and forever, your own…
Day 16: What is your favorite inspirational quote?
Keeping with the writing theme today, on August 9th, I celebrated my write-a-versary. What is that? That day had been one year since I started keeping a journal again. I’ve gone through 13 journals in that time and am on number 14, as pictured above. I write enough that it takes between 2-3 weeks…
Day 15: What would you say to people newly diagnosed with this illness?
Day 14: Give 5 things you are grateful for.
Day 13: Has your chronic illness had any effect on your mental health?
Day 12: Briefly explain to a healthy person what it is like to live with this illness. Celiac disease: Starvation. Well, that was easy. Endometriosis: I can sum this up best with a quote from actress Stephanie March.
Day 11: Why do you think you have this illness? Bad luck? A higher power? Other than the fact that I somehow inherited bad genes, if I lean in any direction, it’s the higher power direction. Can I get a witness?
