I Feel Like A Chronic Pain Imposter — Then, The Next Flare Hits

“Sick” and “healthy” aren’t always the binaries we pretend them to be

Amanda Kay Oaks
Published in
6 min readMar 7, 2021

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Photo by Carolina Heza on Unsplash

The pain first arrived in the height of August heat.

At first, I blamed our lack of air conditioning for the headache that stretched on for days. I just needed to drink more water, probably.

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Amanda Kay Oaks
Invisible Illness

Pittsburgh-based writer & wearer of many metaphorical hats. Making words about books, pop culture, witchery, health, travel, and more! She/her.