On life, death and 'fatigue' by diamondie, literature
Literature
On life, death and 'fatigue'
I'm having a hard time picking an appropriate cliché to start with. There are so many good ones, like "I am sick and tired of being sick and tired" or perhaps something about "growing as a person". Everything seems so trite in this context. It is easier to write about other people than about yourself.
It is pretty awful to find out that you have a progressive neurological illness with little chance of recovery (gee, who would have guessed?). It is not something that sinks in at once, it may take years. And even after years, you find yourself thinking that it can't be possible, it can't be happening to you, there must have been a mistake