ReadersKey™: Embracing the Knife Edge of Time

Research Edition - Decode Your Diagnosis - Chapter 9

Summary

Chronic illness bends time. Days are ruled by appointments, medications, fatigue, or flare-ups. But research shows that how Titans perceive and relate to time shapes quality of life as much as the illness itself.

Titan Takeaway

For many Titans, a diagnosis doesn’t just disrupt the body, it fractures time. Suddenly life is no longer guided by personal rhythms, but by medical schedules, treatment regimens, and the limits of fatigue. Researchers call this “chronic time”: the sense of living under a clock not of your own making. Some have even named it “crip time,” to highlight how conventional, linear time structures don’t fit bodies that move at different speeds.