Spoonie Stories

There is the world everyone else lives in, and then there is the sickle world. ​It's a place where a change in the weather isn't just an inconvenience-it's a physical threat. Where plans are always written in pencil because your own blood cells can decide to stage a coup at any given moment. ​The Sickle World is a collection of raw, conversational prose and poetry written from the trenches of chronic illness. It's not an idealized story of "triumphing over adversity," nor is it a clinical breakdown of a medical condition. Instead, it's a blunt, middle-of-the-night look at the reality of living in a body that hurts. It captures the heavy silence of the hospital room, the frustration of being misunderstood by a healthy world, the exhausting mental math of pacing your own energy, and the quiet, stubborn resilience it takes to keep breathing through a crisis. ​This is for anyone who knows what it's like to mourn the versions of themselves they had to leave behind. It's for the chronically ill who are tired of being told to "stay positive," and for the people who love them who want to finally understand what it really feels like inside the storm. ​No filters. No toxic positivity. Just the beautiful, painful, absolute truth of a life lived one heartbeat at a time.

very odd mix of a story my base for an album i am planning writing helps and pray to whatever you believe in that i will have enough spoons for this joshler

Sometimes it feels like I'm black and white, and everyone else is in color. Other times it feels like I'm in color and everyone else is in black and white, and everyone is watching my every move, judging me, and trying to decide if I'm just asking for attention. The truth is, I would do just about anything that I could to get that attention to go away. I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, and being the only kid in my class with chronic pain is not easy. I have to fight to do everything that most people can do easily and no one realizes it. Instead, when I can't do something, people assume I'm exaggerating and I could do it if I just tried. So I want to share my story for anybody who is going through what I am.

A short paper on the experiences I have had being chronically ill from childhood. The frustration from me and those around me, the pain, the resentment and what went on.

The life of a different soul.

Sky was an unassuming girl. The one that sat in corner of the classroom, immersed in a book. When she meets a boy at a back to school party, she didn't expect her life to change so drastically. She had figured out a way to survive her life with the constant pain brought on by fibromyalgia. But now that love was in her life, maybe she could start living the life she thought was stolen from her.

going through hell and back, she refuses to give up hope. read about the story of a girl going through hell more than once. based on the truth.

What i feel everyday, at least once a day.

A collection of poetry that touches on depression, grief, anxiety, isolation, chronic pain, hope, determination, gratitude, and the fight for loving life.

The pain is always there and nigh times can be hell but sometimes relief comes from the most unexpected places.

The 5th book of poems that I've written The Blue Book and the poems that it contains were written between March 2018 and April 2019. Just freeform poems about life and my mental health.

Ever since I was little I have been raised in and out of hospital's dealing with all sorts of health issues and I know it can be very scary never knowing what is going to happen. I wanted to write a short little book on doctor appointments, surgeries, dealing with a diagnosis, etc. The reason I am writing this is because it may ease some minds or even help in some small way, if you ever have any personal questions you can message me on here. Have a lovely day and good luck to whatever trial is coming your way!

9-year-old Mia gets a role on the TV show Station 19. Will she be comfortable enough to tell the truth about her life? Will she build trust in people?

My battle with living life while battling multiple sclerosis, anxiety and depression. A life changing moment is one when you get a diagnosis of a illness without any cure. It makes you mad,sad, confused and really lost in a world where you no nothing and must make lufe altering decisions on the turn of a dime.

Human mutant Lake is starving. She receives an IV infusion in an attempt to treat her chronic illness. A flash fiction piece featuring the stars of "Street Level Hero."