The Suffering of ME & MCS

This is a portrait of paralysis and pain, face swollen and reddened. the picture appears very flat because all the facial muscles are paralysed and numb.

Paralysed

Linda Crowhurst

I live in 
a nightmare world
few people see.
My normality is
a torment
of continual paralysis
and endless pain.
My hypersensitivity
to virtually
every normal thing
is impossible
to describe.
So here I lie again
limbs immobile
fingers motionless
eyes tight shut
throbbing and burning all over
stuck where I lie
but what is far worse
is that no one notices
the horror
of my life
and no one knows
how to help me.