{"product_id":"allech","title":"Allergic to Sanity, by Carter Hemion","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 28 pages, from \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnder the pressure of perfection, \u003cem\u003eAllergic to Sanity\u003c\/em\u003e is a confession of unkempt and uncertain cognition. It cracks open a window into neuropsychiatric symptoms that straddle the borderline between physical and mental illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen undiagnosed and unmitigated immune dysfunction progresses from body to mind, it carries catastrophe on its back. \u003cem\u003eAllergic to Sanity\u003c\/em\u003e explores themes of hallucinations, delusions, impulsivity, depression, dissociation, anxiety, and acceptance. It shares the innermost fears and outermost hallucinations of a shapeshifting illness and the unbreaking resilience to move through it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom a period of misdiagnosis and desperation, it turns struggles into stanzas to document the everyday calamity of an unpredictable bodymind. When mast cell activation causes madness, \u003cem\u003eAllergic to Sanity\u003c\/em\u003e pulls skeletons out of the closet to examine the dislocations of reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCarter Hemion is a Pacific Northwest-based writer and rare disease advocate. They document life through poetry with much of their work shaped by their experiences with classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and its many comorbidities. They work as a Community Engagement Director and embrace being a queer, mad creator with a drive to use storytelling for a gentler world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carter Hemion","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":49709908951355,"sku":"ALLECH","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":49709908984123,"sku":"ALLECHe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/allergicfront.png?v=1732309709","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/allech","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}