Or series of moments.
When you stop taking your blood-regulating oral contraceptives a month before school lets out, on the bet that the end-of-semester stress will keep your bleeding at bay better than the synthetic hormones.
And when you notice, a month later, that your gamble paid off.
And when you shrug your shoulders and tell yourself, “Huh. If that’s what it takes.”
No, I don’t think that end-of-year stress — especially this year’s end-of-year stress — is healthy or sustainable. But neither is living with chronic pain.
