Rea Strawhill

A blog about my life with chronic illness

When I first learned about my diagnosis of ME/CFS, I knew nothing about it. I had to find my own way of navigating life with a chronic illness that almost nobody knows. Since then I learned many things that I now want to share with you in this blog. Hopefully some of the things I learned can help you along the way.

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Rea Strawhill

Aug 31, 2021
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What is inspiration porn?

And how can we do better when it comes to disability representation? Whenever disability is presented in the media it can be a tricky subject – especially if no disabled people were included in the writing process. It often happens, that disabled people are presented in stereotypical ways and certain narratives are being perpetuated, which ultimately hurts the disability community. And now with the Paralympics taking place, there is no lack of stereotypical representation, ca

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In 2011 my life changed forever. I graduated from Highschool, entered University and I also became very sick. I suffered from an illness called mononucleosis, caused by the infamous Epstein-Barr Virus.
My life was never the same again, because the illness never really went away. In 2019 I finally got a diagnosis- I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). I heard about it for the first time just a few months prior. It was an illness I have never heard of before and I knew nothing about.
Since then I learned many things that I now want to share with you. I hope that one day my illness will be known much better and taken far more seriously.

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