MRKH - An Absent Beginning🩸
“A woman who has MRKH can never get periods. I don’t have a uterus, so I’ve never had periods. This is the normal that I know, I don’t feel bad about it. People have different feelings about who I am. They can say whatever they want. Someone told me that I should go somewhere to be prayed for. Another person said that because I come from Ukambani [a region that is stereotypically linked to witchcraft] then my grandmother had something to do with this.” (Text courtesy BBC) Th
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More Good Days Together đź«‚
Post Cover❤️ Last night again, I wanted to disappear, to stop existing, to just be unconscious of anything and everything, I could feel the wave of depression coming. Before last night, I had been better, better for a few months. I hadn't contemplated suicide in months. I haven't been so overwhelmed that I have to write dark poetry to soothe myself. And I had almost forgotten that I live with depression. But anxiety? Oh, she never goes away. She's always there to remind me of
May 275 min read
The Horror Stories that built Modern Medicineđź’Š
Post Cover Medicine is supposed to be the field of health and healing. The science of healing, restoring life, hope, dreams and longevity. Something with such objectives should be good in all ramifications, don't you agree? But the fair answer is No. Simply, because as much as medicine has saved millions, it has also carried stories that are uncomfortable to tell, stories of people whose pain became the foundation for progress. Medicine hasn't always been kind to humanity, it
Apr 265 min read
