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Hen's avatar

This may not be a direction you want to go in but I really enjoyed the videos you had on YT years ago with your husband. Or even at your family's house. Your banter with other people is amazing and highly entertaining.

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Katherine's avatar

Thank you.

I've been scaring doctors and other chronically ill people since The Thing happened, and I really appreciate how you reframed that experience here. I don't have to get that deep into what happened to me to really scare people and bring up mortality, AND it is exceedingly rare. I've had therapists talk to me and say "no thanks" because of my medical diagnosis. I think that it is good for me to spend some time thinking about "they're not equipped to help me" vs. "I am an unhelpable monster".

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Ryan Semerad's avatar

Tess - your voice is singular. This work is no exception. I think there is a broad audience under the umbrella of being not heard or misunderstood by, or generally feeling alienated from medical pros, family, friends because of my lived experience with something different. I could give you more examples. But you have them in spades. Just keep going. This is good.

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Elizabeth Narins's avatar

Happy 10th, you're doing the thing!

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