Why I’m So Glad to Be So Sick
Chronic illness has led me to a whole new world of health
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7 min readFeb 21, 2024
I’ve always been anxious. Maybe it’s a side effect of having been, as they say, precocious as a child. I learned too young about injustice in the world and, no matter how loving my family was, I couldn’t shake the knowledge that the world was not a kind and loving place. As such, I could never feel quite at ease…