In 2020, my health collapsed.
Something hadn't been right for a while, but one evening, I went to bed and didn't leave it. My brain was issuing instructions, but my body simply refused to obey. Months passed in a strange, suspended blur before I was eventually diagnosed with ME, or myalgic encephalomyelitis—a chronic neurological condition that causes debilitating fatigue alongside a constellation of symptoms, including profound fatigue, neurological symptoms and cognitive disruption. My body slowed to a near standstill, but oddly, my sense of smell sharpened emotionally.
