In the Whirlwind (Living with Ménière’s Disease)
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It started for me one night in 2013, with no warning.
Meniere's is a debilitating chronic condition, charaterized by an irreversible loss of hearing, tinnitus, vertigo attacks that can throw you on the floor, and multiple physical and cognitive side manifestations of variable intensity . The vertigo crisis may happen in series, triggered by many possible factors (light, noise, warmth etc..). Their unpredictibility, and the fact that even familiar environments become aggressive generate a recurring anxiety, and impose radical changes in the way of life. The anxiety is amplified by the absence of perspectives as there is no known cure nor effective medicine, and by the fact that no one really understands what’s going for you.
Depression, social isolation and a high sense of aloness are common consequences.
With the outbreak of the disease, instead of coping with the violence and absurdity of the world, I now have to deal with those the illness creates on me, and reinvent myself to continue working, travelling, and run an acceptable social life. |
Brutalism
Je
Cogné à la face du miroir
Broyé par la fulgurance du temps
Disparu
Cogné à la face du miroir
Broyé par la fulgurance du temps
Disparu
In My Solitude
Je suis sourd
Et j’essaye d’écouter la vie
Elle hurle trop fort
Probablement
Pour que je l’entende vraiment
Je suis sourd
Et j’essaye d’écouter la vie
Elle hurle trop fort
Probablement
Pour que je l’entende vraiment