“I feel no more capable of navigating our broken care system than I did before. I had very little trust and now I have none.”
spiral, though I didn’t know it at the time,” Morgan said. Eventually, Morgan learned more about long COVID, organized a chronic illness support group at Yale, and was approved for accommodations through Yale’s disability office. During her worst symptoms, Morgan practiced a form of “radical acceptance,” to avoid pushing herself too hard again. “I [worked] on…identifying my needs and honoring them, even when doing so might look like laziness or giving in,” they said.
that meets via Zoom. “The six of us have been a crucial collective of support for each other,” she said.Jenna is a queer Palestinian American organizer and artist. Before the pandemic, they lived a busy life that “relied on grind culture.” When Jenna contracted COVID-19, they said they were forced to quit their “beloved” job at a media advocacy organization.
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