If Part of the Battle Is Just Believing Yourself

Dan Cayer
4 min readJan 4, 2022

How chronically ill people exhaust themselves before even addressing their health.

Hiking in Kitchawan nature preserve.

A friend from abroad wrote to me that her chronic illness feels like it’s closing in. She recently started experiencing new symptoms of breathlessness and insomnia. It’s disorienting and feels like flirting with madness because these symptoms…

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Dan Cayer

Meditation + Alexander Technique teacher. Author of “Don’t Get Better,” forthcoming guide to sanity, humor, and wisdom during illness. dancayer.co