Friday the 13th

by Chloe - 17 February 2009

No, I’m not at all superstitious about Friday the 13th, but this is the day that…

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Happy BIID Day

by Chloe - 14 December 2008

Yesterday was one of those days that I was in a very good mood no matter what happened. Happy to have a wheelchair. Happy to have BIID… No, I’m not kidding! Hmm, maybe I should cut down a bit on the Prozac?

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Coping Mechanism

by Sarah - 5 December 2008

So I’ve been thinking a lot about how to communicate about my problem with someone I love, face to face. The interesting thing is that up until about 3 weeks ago, I had never communicated this to anyone, in any capacity. And in the last 3 weeks, I’ve emailed two people and spoken (totally anonymously)with one person, and now I can’t stop thinking about finding ways to talk about this. But it’s so ridiculously hard. Pathologic need for silence and secrecy, shame, guilt, horror….hard to determine which of these emotions is predominant.

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Source of Solace

by Sarah - 29 November 2008

I’m home alone for a few days and so of course I immediately put my neck brace on. I don’t have a wheelchair – that’s not as easy to hide as a case full of neck and back braces.

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