If someone in your life uses chronic illness as an accountability shield while demonstrating explosive energy in conflict if they claim spiritual depth while showing zero capacity for relational repair, if they use statements as interpersonal leverage after being held accountable, if they perform martyrdom in the language of grief and devotion, if they experience your joy and your fullness and your lived life as a personal attack.

You are dealing with a closed system. And closed systems do not open because you give them more access to yourself. Continue reading Weaponized Illness Chronic Fatigue , Weaponized Spirituality, Weaponized Grief: What 24 Years Taught Me About Protecting My Mental Health