2019
An aging film director suffering from chronic illness and writer's block reflects on his life.
113 min
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When you look at me what do you see? Join Olivia as she explains her journey of having chronic illnesses. Olivia contextualizes her experience through spoon theory.
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Understand life with chronic illness in a way that’s never been explained before, using Christine Miserandino’s “Spoon Theory.”
A few months and many deaths ago, I woke up exhausted, again. Every morning, I felt like I was rebuilding myself from the ground up. Waking up was hard. Getting to my desk to write was hard. Taking care of my body was hard. Remembering the point of it all was hard.
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