Posts Tagged ‘brain fog’

What I Lost and What I Gained by Revising a Major Story

personal narrative, writing to heal, illness, chronic fatigue syndrome

At some point, many of us have had to change a thread in a story we tell ourselves about ourselves. Sometimes that thread is part of a major story in our life. What’s lost and what’s gained in the process?

Thresholds: Illness and Growth

medical ilness, mental illness, healing by writing

A threshold is the point where something new begins. If you are facing your own threshold – medical illness, depression, anxiety, etc. – writing can be a rich tool. Whatever the form, putting experience into words can be powerful medicine.