The fighters
"We have all been in the dark place, where we do battle with depression and grief, living within a body that has betrayed you, a life changed, shapes of sorrow surround you, as ephemeral as smoke, yet persistent. And sometimes, the shapes solidify, change to despair and desperation and you are hemmed in by the feeling of hopelessness, the feeling that it will never get better and the fear starts to work on you. It is not that you want to die, it is just that you want the pain to end. The pain that makes everything difficult, the pain that means you have to psych yourself up before you get out of bed in the morning and still cry as you do, the pain that accompanies each breath spirals deep within you, consumes all that you are, filling each nook and cranny in your soul until you have ceased to be you and have become Pain."
This quote is from an article by writer Lene Andersen, who is around 40 years old and has been battling RA since age 4. Just reading this one article had an impact on me. What a struggle she has been through and what tenacity and strength she must have to have made it to where she is today.
This quote is from an article by writer Lene Andersen, who is around 40 years old and has been battling RA since age 4. Just reading this one article had an impact on me. What a struggle she has been through and what tenacity and strength she must have to have made it to where she is today.