Sometimes the places we want to escape to don’t exist. This is a reflection on isolation, sobriety, honesty, and learning to live with the version of yourself that made it through.
Author: Nurseferatu
When the Door Closes Itself
Letting go of a career isn’t always a choice. Sometimes reality makes the decision for you—and the only thing left to do is accept it and move forward.
We don’t miss the disease. We miss the version of the story where we survived it.
We don’t romanticize disease—we romanticize surviving it. And that difference matters more than people want to admit.
Cake, Punch, and Encephalitis
We’ve turned childhood diseases into nostalgia and vaccines into controversy. As a healthcare provider, I’ve seen what these illnesses actually do—and it’s nothing worth celebrating.