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January 24, 2013

30 Things About My Invisible Illness You May Not Know | But You Dont Look Sick? support for those with invisible illness or chronic illness

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Thanks to my old friend from High School, Tonya Swallow Bazan, for originally pointing out this post. We all suffer, but some of us are suffering physically & psychologically in ways that cannot be apparent even to our closest friends.

Many prominent bloggers were asked to participate in this simple blog post meme to help spread awareness during Invisible Awareness Week (September 11-18th) I think it is important to participate in these things because as much as this website, my speaking and writing have brought me into the public eye, there is still so much even my closest friends and family do not know. That unfortunately is the “nature of the beast” with chronic invisible illness.

via 30 Things About My Invisible Illness You May Not Know | But You Dont Look Sick? support for those with invisible illness or chronic illness.

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Keith “Maggie” Brown

I have a Ph.D. in Existential Phenomenology from the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Texas-Denton. I began my vocation through a nine year apprenticeship with my mentor, Richard M. Owsley, a primary founder of our philosophy program. I can be found around Denton troubling students and professors about this and that. A fringe scholar wandering like a. mountain dog through the borderlands between the Academy and the World, I love the hell out of Socrates and Yoda while tending to act like William S. Burroughs and Jaba the Hut. My current projects include studies of the Dào Dé Jing, the critical intersection of of Karl Jaspers’ periechontology with queer theory, and the challenge of finding freedom under the Current Empire.

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Nancy Ellington

January 26, 2013 at 9:18 am

Exellent post – especially for those working in the service industries who deal with people day in and day out. While some of our interactions with others may be less than pleasant, we should always keep in the back of our minds that there may be a valid reason for it. Thanks for sharing!

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