Writing is like a semi-symbiotic relationship, say with a leech. Sure there’s the life draining part, pain and possible transmission of disease, but it can also be purifying and extract that which you need desperately to remove from yourself. It’s hard for me…
As a kid I had chronic constipation. In my early twenties I had my first colonoscopy (not quite as much fun as drinking legally – but welcome to adulthood); diagnosis: Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Constipation (IBSC). As a result, I became a vegetarian;…