Mind Games

Eat Yourself Alive (Or Die Trying)

All she wanted was to be pretty. Her body had other plans.

Gabriella Lowgren
Human Parts
Published in
10 min readFeb 13, 2020

--

A photo of the author’s bare back. She has 2 large tattoos on her upper back and upper left arm, and hives on her skin.
Author pictured with chronic urticaria (hives)

YYou haven’t had hives in a decade. Barely even remember what it was like to live with a body fighting against you, every inch raised in rebellion.

One night you go to sleep smooth, exfoliated and more exhausted than you realized was…

--

--

Gabriella Lowgren
Human Parts

30. Narrative designer by day, indie game developer by night.