{"id":3901,"date":"2019-03-02T16:08:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T16:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/translatingpain\/?p=3901"},"modified":"2019-02-08T16:14:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T16:14:22","slug":"superheroes-in-pjs-by-grae-salisbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/translatingpain\/2019\/03\/02\/superheroes-in-pjs-by-grae-salisbury\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Superheroes in PJs&#8217;, by Grae Salisbury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">This is shocking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I am not an object and I am not broken but<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the pain tells me differently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">This is chronic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Why am I not adjusted yet?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">It comes and goes, it\u2019s all my consciousness<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 or<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 all I want is to lie down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">And when I come into work I lie about my days off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">Why do I look tired? Maybe,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 that\u2019s just how I look. Maybe,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 they think I am just not very \u2018together\u2019\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">This invisible pain cannot be talked about because that will only make work relations worse-<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">because they never know how to interact with me after, but<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 my anxiety aches like the bits between my legs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">I am not used to this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">I am managing well and privately proud, but sometimes<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I wish they all knew.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">I guess all superheroes probably feel like this sometimes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I bet there\u2019s a lot of us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>by Grae Salisbury<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Canada<br \/>\nInstagram:\u00a0\u00a0@jellybeancomix<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is shocking. &nbsp; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I am not an object and I am not broken but \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the pain tells me differently. &nbsp; This is chronic. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Why am I not adjusted yet? &nbsp; It comes and goes, it\u2019s all my consciousness \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 or \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 all I want is to lie down. &nbsp; And when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":619,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[14,24,102,12,11,15,30,26,20],"class_list":["post-3901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anthology","tag-body","tag-connection","tag-distress","tag-invisibility","tag-isolation","tag-loss","tag-sexuality","tag-social","tag-time","post-preview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8bHTD-10V","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/translatingpain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/translatingpain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/translatingpain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/translatingpain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/619"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/translatingpain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3901"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/translatingpain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3904,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/translatingpain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3901\/revisions\/3904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/translatingpain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/translatingpain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/translatingpain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}