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Tag: chronic illness

  • The Trials and Tribulations of Caffeine

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    Ashley Halliwell
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    Hey, everyone. Lazarus here. Unfortunately, I think the caffeine pills I was taking were raising my blood pressure enough to give me chronic migraines again. My body is extremely weird. So caffeine, or at least THAT form of caffeine, is likely off the table. I had to take a migraine rescue med earlier today and…

  • I Am Become Migraine

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    Ashley Halliwell
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    Hello, everyone. Lazarus here. 2/3rds of my local polycule has come down with some kind of illness and I may have overcaffeinated these past few days because I have been navigating a nasty ocular migraine as best as I am physically able. That being said, I’m likely going to have to throw my body into…

  • Episode YES: Insomnia Strikes Back

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    Ashley Halliwell
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    Hello, cherished mothers and fuckers. Lazarus here once more with your daily Des Moines Cropduster (context below, thanks, Theo). I thought this prompt looked interesting and I have a few responses for y’all. If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say? Here are my favorite contenders thus far: Ashley Halliwell’s Brainhole, New and…

  • Tales From The Blanket Lump

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    Ashley Halliwell
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    Hey, everyone. Lazarus here. Sorry for going fucking dark for the last little while. Lumine visited this past week, during which time I was so goddamned stressed my body came inches from basically falling apart. It wasn’t his fault at all, and he was in fact a most excellent baby. If anyone is to blame,…

  • Lost In Time And Space

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    Ashley Halliwell
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    Hey, everyone. This is Lazarus, once again. As I write this, I’m sitting on my apartment’s balcony space so that I can get a bit of fresh air. At Emerson’s suggestion, I took today largely away from the Internet to clear my head, but it seems to have made me sadder, albeit less anxious. I’ve…

  • (Ab)normalcy

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    Ashley Halliwell
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    Hey, everyone. This is your trusty guide and sorcerer, Lazarus, once again. Today was very slow moving, as I woke up tired and I didn’t really recover much energy all day. I don’t think the weather helped much, nor did my anxiety about the upcoming presidential elections, but my pain wasn’t too bad, and I…

  • Chrysalyzed

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    Ashley Halliwell
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    Hi, everyone! I’m sorry for going kinda dark for these past couple days. My brain has been kind of tired from this past week, so I have been resting until I felt up to writing again. I went to Emerson and told him about how bad I felt that I hadn’t been writing due to…

  • The Art of Finding Ways (Or Making Them)

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    Ashley Halliwell
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    Hey, everyone! I’m currently writing on here as my love Hawthorne works on their story back East as a form of body doubling in spirit. I’m a bit tired and they’re Writer’s blocked to fuck, so knowing that the other  is writing is helping both of us get shit done. I did similarly with Zelda…

  • Would You Still Be Here Suffering?

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    Ashley Halliwell
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    Hey, everyone. This is your ever faithful guide, Lazarus, once more. I was looking through my Facebook memories from last year and Jesus Christ… the system was not okay. I believe they were nearly blackout drunk most of the time to cope with the chaos around them, stoned to fuck, or both, and were entering…

  • At Last, I’m Found

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    Ashley Halliwell
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    Hey, all. This is Lazarus again. In 2021, I was talking with my friend Delta about all of the shit I was going through at the time while deep in survival mode and about being an Enneagram Eight largely geared toward self preservation, and I predicted that once I got out of survival mode and…