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  • The Hardest Pill to Swallow

    I boarded the plane with that all-too-familiar feeling: the subtle yet growing sense of anxiety that comes with navigating something as simple as overhead bins. You know the drill. It’s a strange kind of dance, this ritual of claiming space in a tiny metal tube, and one that always seems to heighten the awkwardness in… Read more

  • Left, Right, Center

    The tremors started subtly, a barely perceptible twitch in my left thumb that I initially dismissed as a result of being dehydrated or a late set hangover. It was an inconvenience, nothing more, a minor blip on the radar of my otherwise perfectly normal life.  But as the weeks turned into months, the tremor grew… Read more

  • I Feel Like I’m Drowning

    Sometimes, I feel like I’m drowning in other people’s good intentions. Everyone wants to help, to fix, to make things better, and I get it—they care. But it’s overwhelming when every day brings another link to an article, another message about a new medication, another study someone saw on social media. They want me to… Read more

  • A Personal Journey Through Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease

    “Why do you shake?” “Have you ever noticed you shake?”. I was pouring a glass of water after finishing a run and my dad expressed genuine concern and slight curiosity on my shaky hands. The answer I gave was along the lines of “I don’t know. Maybe because I just finished working out and sometimes… Read more