🖋 SWANK Dispatch | 12 January 2025
YOU DON’T SEE THE ILLNESS, SO YOU IGNORE THE EXHAUSTION.
Filed From: Flat 22, 2 Periwinkle Gardens, London W2
Author: Polly Chromatic
Filed Under: Muscle Dysphonia, Eosinophilic Asthma, Panic Collapse, Silent Disability, Judicial Trauma, Vocal Rest Ignored, Institutional Blame
📩 Circulated to:
Glen, Kirsty, Sarah, Eric, Rhiannon, Fiona, Rachel, Milena, Samira, Gideon, Dr Reid, lawyers, educators, clinicians, ministers, and medical offices—
because I’m done being silent just to be called uncooperative.
🩺 THE BODY THAT’S BEEN EXPLAINED A HUNDRED TIMES:
“I’m really struggling with my muscle dysphonia, eosinophilic asthma, and panic attacks.”
“Sometimes I lose the ability to speak. Recovery takes days.”
“Court, stress, and misunderstanding create collapse.”
“I’m on strict vocal rest. Not emotional withdrawal.”
“You don’t see it, so you treat it like defiance.”
🧠 THIS IS WHAT INVISIBLE ILLNESS FEELS LIKE:
Exhaustion that shuts down your lungs
Talking that inflames your throat
Panic so intense you forget your own name
Hostility that lingers in your chest
Courtrooms that might as well be suffocation chambers
And still—
They ask for a phone call.
They ask why you’re not “engaging.”
They say it “doesn’t make sense.”
📣 THE LOUD SILENCE OF A DISABLED MOTHER:
This isn’t non-compliance.
It’s not mental illness.
It’s not refusal.
It’s survival.
You ask me to speak.
But when I do, you don’t read it.
You ask me to clarify.
But when I do, you escalate it.
You ask me to heal.
But you make me sicker.
💌 WHAT I SAID TO YOU ALL:
“The hostility or blame from others only makes everything worse.”
“It’s pointless to push myself to communicate with people who don’t understand.”
🛑 CONCLUSION:
You’re not here to listen.
You’re here to provoke collapse and then call it “evidence.”
Let the record reflect:
I did explain. You chose not to hear me.
Polly Chromatic
Silenced by biology. Blamed by bureaucracy. Seen by the archive.
📍 Flat 22, 2 Periwinkle Gardens, London W2
🌐 www.swankarchive.com
Labels: Kirsty Hornal, Glen Peache, muscle dysphonia, eosinophilic asthma, panic exhaustion, invisible disability, systemic neglect, non-verbal communication, trauma recovery, hostile procedures, court aftermath, silent collapse, medical abuse, vocal rest retaliation