I apologize first and foremost because I am going through mental HELL right now and I am in a lot of pain. I have been crying for the better part of now nearly 36 hours and I am so beyond tired and so beyond fed up with it all that I (also very literally) cannot … Continue reading Physical Involvement
Author: Beth Poste
An Anecdote
My mom had a terrible childhood; I will not say too much about that because I am currently working on an interview "series" with her to hear her whole story and get it in writing. But to make a VERY long story short, she was adopted as a baby when her biological mother became pregnant … Continue reading An Anecdote
“Oh, The Places YOU Will Go …”
This one is breaking my heart a little bit. I sat down with my leg up and started watching a random film on Netflix which takes place in Great Britain ... and I swear I have been to some of the places in some scenes of the film. That summer was one of the best … Continue reading “Oh, The Places YOU Will Go …”
Plagiarism
So I have recently encountered a very troubling problem - the content from this site is being plagiarized by others with one of the disease I have and said "person" is using the content as if it were that person's content and that person's story. This has been extraordinarily upsetting to put it mildly.At any … Continue reading Plagiarism
Life and Death
I really am going to try my best to make this a short post - I really just wanted to get this idea down before it flew off into the vault of Beth. I think those of us who have severe chronic illness have a very strange relationship with death - I think that relationship … Continue reading Life and Death
How Many Years …
I am sure I will write at least another post with this title. Maybe a book. But for now, all I will say is HOW MANY YEARS WILL IT TAKE TO FORGET YOU??I don't know. I'm not there yet. I wonder if I will ever be. *And all the obvious "you"s that could mean are … Continue reading How Many Years …
We Are VERY Fragile.
I really cannot say much about this topic right now because I am in the middle of trying to deal with this very thing but I wanted to bring it up because it is incredibly important. I think we find that the floor of the base need for "security" falls out from under us again … Continue reading We Are VERY Fragile.
An Interesting Paradox
I was just watching a "Spendaholics" video in which a 21-year-old college student's "overspending" is vastly increased by her frequent trips to and from London to visit her boyfriend there. I won't delve too deeply into my own college experiences (for the large part, I look back on that part of my life with a … Continue reading An Interesting Paradox
All The Small Things …
I am not in my "writer mode" at the moment, but I thought this was an important thing to get down. As I mentioned in my last post, I have realized this year how incredibly "screwed up" I am beneath the surface. Spending so many years not even being able to count on your body … Continue reading All The Small Things …
THIS IS A SHORT POST!
How is it that people manage to write one-line comments regarding very complex social issues and injustices? Actually, regarding just about anything, how do people manage just to write one line? I have an extensive vocabulary and I try to make sure I am learning new words in English as well as in other languages; … Continue reading THIS IS A SHORT POST!