Archive - Reality Tunnels

Profile Series: Life After Resurrection

Even after an unexpected recovery, Nicole Zaia can't shake off her years living with a terminal illness

Jul 9 •

June 2025

Profile Series: The Unbearable Wait

After years of dismissal for her chronic pain, Angela Hartlin grieves for the time she's lost

Jun 25 •

Profile Series: The Untold Endeavor of Eating

What life with over 40 food allergies has taught Cindy Kaplan about managing & accommodating them

Jun 11 •

May 2025

Profile Series: I Never Say I'm Suffering

For Charlotte Neal, chronic illness is more complicated than just a mind or a body issue

May 28 •

Profile Series: When You're Not Invited to Your Own Surprise Party

How an unexpected diagnosis reshaped Fran-Claire Kenney's everyday

May 14 •

April 2025

Beyond the Biomedical

What we don't talk about when we talk about illness

Apr 30 •

The Liminal Impulse

I go to the abandoned mall take myself off the map

Apr 16 •

I Must Not Look Away

In medicine, bad news can be good news

Apr 2 •

March 2025

Let's All Get Apprehensive

What food allergies show about the value of anxiety

Mar 19 •

Let's All Get Disoriented

What if it's not supposed to make sense?

Mar 5 •

February 2025

Let's All Get Embarrassed

The weird relief of being honest

Feb 19 •

December 2024

Male Pain, Female Hysteria

Reflections from a recent diagnosis

Dec 18, 2024 •

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