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The Medical Power of Hypnosis

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands May 23, 2022October 19, 2022

Does hypnosis really work? For BBC Future, Martha Henriques falls down a rabbit hole and explores hypnosis as a treatment for pain, anxiety, PTSD, and other conditions. For many people, it’s a regular occurrence to get lost in a good book, or become so absorbed in a film (perhaps even a Harry Potter film) it […]

Posted inEditor's Pick

Slow Death and Labored Breath: Listening To, Listening Through Inheritance

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 7, 2021October 19, 2022

“Remission is life with an asterisk; conditional.”

Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Story

Regarding the Pain of Oprah

by Soraya Roberts February 5, 2020December 16, 2022

She gets a mansion and she gets a boat and she gets a jet! And you get to suffer and then maybe pull yourself up by your bootstraps, if you’re lucky enough and bare enough of your private pain.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

Inking Against Invisibility

by Talia Hibbert January 24, 2020December 30, 2022

In the face of chronic pain, invisible illness, and medical discrimination, Talia Hibbert turned to tatoos to reclaim ownership of her body.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Highlight, Quotes

Life After Pain

by michelleweber October 21, 2019October 19, 2022

One day, Ge Gao’s right hand stopped working. Then the pain started, and it’s never stopped.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Of Safe Words and the Sacred

by Sari Botton March 22, 2019October 19, 2022

A personal essay about how a BDSM relationship gone wrong helped Britni de la Cretaz find God.

Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Sports

Choosing Amputation Over Pain

by Krista Stevens March 4, 2019October 19, 2022

Swimmer Morgan Stickney opted to amputate her leg below the knee to get off of opioids and get back in the pool after a seemingly innocuous foot injury and the ensuing complications left her in pain.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Purple Pain

by Sari Botton July 27, 2018October 19, 2022

In the aftermath of an assault, Matthew Miles Goodrich considers the effects of opioids on himself, the culture, and his musical hero, Prince.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Uncategorized

Death Rattle: The Body’s Betrayals

by Ellen Wayland-Smith March 21, 2018October 19, 2022

Since my father’s death, I dream about descents and falls. How, without warning, gravity has you in its grip.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Story, Uncategorized

Death Rattle: The Body’s Betrayals

by Ellen Wayland-Smith March 21, 2018October 19, 2022

Since my father’s death, I dream about descents and falls. How, without warning, gravity has you in its grip.

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