Tag: Chronic illness flare

• The Storm They Don’t See: Parenting with Invisible Illness

  

  This morning my kids were arguing, my heart was racing, and my body was glitching like a laptop running too many tabs. I’ve been fighting this flare up for three days now… Welcome to what I call a dysautonomic storm—when your nervous system forgets how to human. You can’t see it from the outside. There’s…

  jessicawoodville

  March 22, 2025

  Chronic Illness, Personal Essays, Survival and Healing

  Autonomic nervous system disorder, Chronic Illness, Chronic illness flare, cptsd, Dysautonomia, Dysautonomic storm, healing, health, Invisible illness, life, mental health, Nervous system dysfunction, Parenting with a disability, POTS, ptsd, spoonie, spoonie mom, survival, trauma, trauma recovery, writing