The Hypermobile Physicist

A physicist's chronic illness journey

Category: Grief

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Grief / Personal

Survival is Insufficient

Reflections on the theme “Survival is Insufficient” from Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, about the importance of beauty, art, and joy.

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Grief / Mental Health / Personal

I Miss Having Faith in My Body

I’m grieving the loss of a body I can trust and struggling with what it means for the future. Should I have kids? With chronic pain and fatigue, am I capable of being a present, caring mother, who gives them the attention they deserve?

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Grief / Mental Health

On Grief

I am awed and terrified by the power of this grief, and of grief in general. Everyone’s experiences with grief are different and change with time, but as I have processed this grief of my friend’s untimely death, I have started to recognize more forms of grief throughout my life.