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you didn't lose your worth, you lost capacity chronic illness self worth life beyond illness mecfs identity nervous system healing productivity culture Jul 07, 2026

I'm not sure if there was ever an easy time in history to be a sick person. I'm sure in every age there were unique challenges to contend with, but one of the biggest issues of the modern age for the chronically ill, is that we live in a culture where productivity is directly connected to one's inhe...

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Yes, you can even overdo MECFS recovery chronic illness gaslighting letting go of urgency mecfs recovery nervous system healing overdoing recovery Jun 28, 2026

It's hard to say why the gaslighting we experience from our loved ones, coworkers and medical community hits so hard. The isolation? The being misunderstood? The being forced to crash from a lack of understanding and having to go beyond your baseline? They are all strong contenders.

But I think one...

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You Cannot Effort Your Way Out Of MECFS effort vs healing embodied pacing identity & illness me/cfs recovery nervous system healing the edison effect Mar 18, 2026

One of the hardest things about navigating my illness—and the recovery process—was learning how to wiggle my way out of my relationship with efforting.

For decades, I'd built an empire on efforting. 

I was a classic overachiever.

An over-doer.

A pusher of boundaries.

I loved the idea that I was...

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