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My Experience with Long Covid
Article by Jasmine Laws
Throughout my rehabilitation the past few months, I have frequently felt invalidated by the reminders that I was not the worst case of Post-Covid syndrome that they had seen. I am obviously grateful that my situation was not hugely serious, but it has been invalidating to feel unwell daily while being told by doctors who have no idea what the condition feels like to live with that I am ‘not that bad’ compared to the older patients they see in the clinic.
Collective Compassion in a Post-Pandemic World
Article by George Clark
As a result, we have all become very aware of the way in which external circumstance has a tangible effect on how we manage and experience our internal (subjective) emotions. This is important; it is not a focus we should allow to fade into the past when our current way of living returns to some version of normality.
“Do I Deserve to Suffer?”: My Life in Post-War Lebanon
Feature by Omar al-Jamal
It is said that to grow, we must forgive not only the ones who wronged us but also ourselves for being wronged. In this crisis, there is this growing sentiment that we deserve everything that we are going through.
“You don’t look sick”: The Gaslighting of Invisible Disabilities
Feature by Emily West
”When your illness is invisible, you can feel as though you are lying about your pain, which has a considerable impact on your social life, professional life and self-esteem.”