chronic illness
Opinions in Dialogue: Living with chronic mental illnesses
July 5, 2023By: Saije Rusimovici and Isabella Urbani, Staff Writers Mental illness can tear you down. There’s moments when you wonder where the vision of you who wasn’t so impacted by your mind is. At first, mental illness feels manageable. Like it was just a minor character who needed to make an appearance every once and a while to remind people they’re still here. Eventually, it becomes bigger. Mental illness can make you start feeling like the guest. Not every person with a mental illness feels this way. But oftentimes, it’s characterized as such or as being make-believe. This is a no-holds…
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At the intersections: malas energías, queerness, and shaky hands
May 22, 2022By: Cynthia Piña, SFU Student Everyone is made up of multiple components and experiences that culminate in a sense of identity. These components can include what we like, the school we go to, and the culture we grew up in.…
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Opera Mariposa hosts its annual Benefit + Awareness Campaign
May 18, 2022By: Charlene Aviles, Peak Associate Opera Mariposa, an opera company, is hosting its 10th annual Benefit + Awareness Campaign for myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and fibromyalgia (FM) during May 1–June 1, 2022. Their website notes they are “Canada’s first entirely, openly disability-led…
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