I spent nine months bed-bound. Technology helped me find my way back.
Tech & Tired is a one-stop resource for the tools that make life with chronic illness more liveable.
There's plenty of good writing out there about the psychology of chronic illness, and about pacing, rest, and recovery. What I couldn't find anywhere was a single honest resource about the technology — the tools and devices that, in the world we live in now, can genuinely make life with chronic fatigue easier and better.
From AI that helps you get things done through brain fog, to exoskeleton legs that make a walk outside possible again — if it has helped me, you'll find it here. No hype, no miracle cures, no affiliate-driven nonsense. Just what worked, what didn't, and what it's actually like to live with.
Where to begin
ElevenLabs gave me a voice back
ME/CFS took my speaking voice. How an AI voice let me make videos again, and why I chose one that isn’t mine.
Read the article Brain fogWhat I wish someone had told me four years ago
How AI helped me dig out of a brain fog backlog, the hidden “brain fog tax” of falling behind, and the one small step I’d suggest to anyone still buried.
Read the article MobilityThe legs that nobody notices
Two years of walking with a Hypershell exoskeleton, told through two family holidays — and an honest answer to the question everyone asks: how much does it actually help?
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