Think back about …
Pain
Surely we’ve all had pain in our lives — both physical and mental. By definition pain is an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with actual or potential damage to one’s bodily or mental health. And because pain is an individual and completely subjective experience, no two people respond or tolerate it in the same way. What kind of pain — either physical or emotional — have you endured? Was it alleviated? If so, how? Think back about Pain and share forward!Stories on This Week's Writing Prompt
Organ Recitals
by
Laurie Levy
My friends and I often engage in organ recitals — Not the musical type but rather what is hurting today and can it be fixed.
Sciatica
Sciatica Altho I’ve borne a child I can’t say I’ve experienced the pain of childbirth. Early in my labor the doctor [...]
Migraine
Migraine I must have been 11 or 12 the first time it hit me. I was sitting in the back seat with my friend Paula as her [...]
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Trading Places
by
John Zussman
I wore no wig, no makeup, no heels—just the dress, set off by the full beard I wore at the time.
Prompted By Trick or Treat?
November 5, 2017
Bike Race Coverage – the Dark Ages
by
KCS
Back in my day, bicycles had two wheels, no chain, no pedals, no brakes and, dammit, I was happy to have one…. Oh wait, [...]
Prompted By That Was Then, This Is Now
May 23, 2016
Think back about …
Pain
Surely we’ve all had pain in our lives — both physical and mental. By definition pain is an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with actual or potential damage to one’s bodily or mental health. And because pain is an individual and completely subjective experience, no two people respond or tolerate it in the same way. What kind of pain — either physical or emotional — have you endured? Was it alleviated? If so, how? Think back about Pain and share forward!Upcoming Prompts
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