Mental Illness Writing Walls
Encounters with the Invisible: Unseen Illness, Controversy, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Author: Dorothy Wall
Afterword: Nancy Klimas, MD
There’s something special about Encounters with the Invisible and the woman who wrote it. I’ve read a lot of touching personal stories written by people living with a chronic illness, but this one is so much more. Dorothy Wall opens the door to her soul and draws you in. She paints extraordinarily vivid pictures with her words. You sit in her bedroom...
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