UNMUTE Since the recent accident I was involved in on July 6, I've been dealing with the most excruciating pain I've ever experienced for the longest amount of time without a real window of peace or relief. I might get a few hours here and there, if that. Sometimes it feels like I'm going to be stuck like this. I've tried everything I can think of. Physical therapy. Chiropractic. Stretching. Yoga. Massage, including Thai massage, which has actually helped. Steroids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, muscle relaxers and pain relievers. I don't like taking medication, but here I am trying whatever I can to get back to normal—or just feel decent again. The pain isn't isolated to one spot. It's my neck and back. The occiput. Cervical. Thoracic. Lumbar. Sacrum. Ribs. Misalignments. Herniation. Tight muscles. Tendons. Ligaments. Inflammation. It's a lot. Even the people treating me can only do so much. I see several ...

UNMUTE AUDIO       A lot has happened since my last Life Is a Storm entry. I don't even know where to begin. The last entry was about my exploration of the transition between life and death. And then I almost died. I was struck by a truck at an intersection. My vehicle was destroyed, and that's why everything came to a pause here on Life Is a Storm . The moment I was struck was surreal. I saw the vehicle headed toward me. I couldn't do anything about it. It struck me, then plummeted into a pole and flipped over, facing the opposite direction from where it had been flying from. There's a lot I'm upset about regarding that incident, accident, occurrence—whatever you want to call it. All I know is those little dweebs driving that vehicle came out unscathed and laughing about the whole thing like it was a big joke. Yet they destroyed my life. They injured me. They destroyed my vehicle, my transporta...