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Jessica Taylor-Bearman

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Born

in Rochester, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.jaytay.co.uk

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Genre

Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction

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November 2017

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Jessica Taylor-Bearman was born in March 1991 in Kent, where she attended Rochester Grammar School for Girls.

At the age of 15, she became acutely unwell with an illness called Myalgic Encephalomyletis (M.E). She was continously hospitalised from 2006-2010, suffering with the most severe form of the condition. This included her being bedridden, unable to move, speak, eat and more.

She wrote in her mind, and when finally able to speak again, she began to write through her audio diary 'Bug'.

Despite still being severely unwell in hospital, Jessica continued to develop ideas, from creating a new method of painting, to starting a charity for other youngsters in her position.All her pieces have been exhibited since then.

Since she left hospital, ...more

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I Went to Visit my Younger Self

There has been a trend circulating on social media where you write about what you’d say to your younger self if you were to meet them for coffee.

It made me think a lot about younger me. I wouldn’t have been able to meet her in a coffee shop because younger me lived in hospital. Younger me couldn’t speak, was unable to eat or move. What would she look like? What would I say to her?

Then I realised

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“The world doesn't stop spinning for people like me to jump back on the ride. It carries on. I was left in space.”
― Jessica Taylor-Bearman, A Girl Behind Dark Glasses

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“You would imagine that having visitors when you are chronically ill is something to be excited about. But the reality for somebody with severe M.E. is that it causes all the symptoms to flare up.”
― Jessica Taylor-Bearman, A Girl Behind Dark Glasses

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“We were living in different worlds. They didn't understand mine and I didn't understand theirs. One thing was certain, my friends were giving up on me.”
― Jessica Taylor-Bearman

tags: thought-provoking

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“The world doesn't stop spinning for people like me to jump back on the ride. It carries on. I was left in space.”
― Jessica Taylor-Bearman, A Girl Behind Dark Glasses

tags: inspirational-attitude

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“We were living in different worlds. They didn't understand mine and I didn't understand theirs. One thing was certain, my friends were giving up on me.”
― Jessica Taylor-Bearman

tags: thought-provoking

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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

tags: books, writing

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