A four part personal essay
My Hidradenitis Suppurativa Journey
A story of pain, survival, and coming home to myself.
I broke this story into four parts because it is too much to live in one breath. Read them in order, or pick the one that meets you where you are.
- Part 1~10 min read
The Root: Childhood and Trauma
Before the skin spoke, the silence did.
Before HS arrived at seventeen, there was a little girl who already felt invisible. The childhood, the abuse, the silence, and the self-hatred that came long before the diagnosis.
Read part 1 - Part 2~12 min read
Nine Years of HS: The Condition
The pain, the silence, and the years of searching.
What it was like to live with Hidradenitis Suppurativa for nine years in India: the failed treatments, the rituals, the loneliness of university, the relationship I chose because it was safe, and the lowest point.
Read part 2 - Part 3~9 min read
The Inner Work: Finding My Way Back
The medicine that outer treatments never were.
How a book I picked up to save a toxic relationship became the start of real healing. Louise Hay, forgiveness, grief during COVID, and the quiet shift that finally let my body settle.
Read part 3 - Part 4~8 min read
Coming Home to Myself: Life in the UK
The life I didn't think I would live to see.
Leaving India, building a life in the UK, changing my mind about love and children, and a message for anyone still in the dark with Hidradenitis Suppurativa.
Read part 4
If any of this is your story too.
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