Mixed media photograph and digital painting of headshot of women with long dark hair, eyes closed and strap top. There’s a green vine wrapped around her eyes and neck/hair. In the background is abstract dark green bush.
Caption: M.E. is being trapped in your body.
Everything you do can make you sicker.
Photo in black & white of a woman sitting in bed with doona over her bent knees. She has long hair, and is looking at the camera with a serious expression on her face. Most of the room is dark, with her face & part of the wall to her left lit up by leaf speckled light filtering into her room through the window behind the camera. Beside the bed is a shadowed bedside table with lamp and drink bottle on top. A door is partially visible.
Caption: M.E. is being bedbound or housebound for the 25%.
Some have not seen the sun in decades.
Blurred double vision image of woman standing in front of a large gum tree. The angle is looking slightly upward with just the shoulders and head visible as well as the top of the tree behind the sky is blue and cloudy.
Caption: M.E. is underfunded. Under researched.
Under diagnosed. Under treated.
Under supported. Misunderstood.
Neglected. Dismissed. Harmed.
Digital drawing of a hand holding a phone, with a simple drawing of the earth on the screen. The background is black.
Caption: M.E. is experiencing the world through a screen.
For many, their only portal to community, connection, knowledge & advocacy.
Today is #MEAwarenessDay.
Here’s a tiny glimpse into life with this debilitating disease.
#MECFS #MissingMillions #MECFSis #MEAwarenessMonth
