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How medical dependency transforms the relationship with embodiment

I need dialysis three times a week now and I spend those four hours thinking about how my body has become a machine that needs constant maintenance.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The body shifts from vessel of experience to mechanical problem, fundamentally altering the intimacy of living within your own skin.

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