Hi, I’m Anubhav. For the past 14 years, I’ve been living with chronic pain that started from a chiropractic injury—and I’ve spent nearly all of my adult life trying to recover.

This pain has affected every part of my body. I've been in extreme pain for several years, feeling like my whole body is falling apart.

The Struggle

The pain has affect every part of my life: my work, my relationships, my sense of possibility. I’ve spent weeks, even months, unable to get out of bed. The brain is unable to focus on anything when the body is in chronic pain.

And I’ve done it almost entirely alone—without a partner, without family nearby, and without the safety net most people take for granted.

The doctors didn't have any solutions or answers.

After years of exploring every possible solution, I've found a care team that's helping me. I’m finally starting to make real progress.

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Why I need help:

This wasn’t a car crash or wildfire. It was a slow unraveling—one that I thought would take 3 months to recover from, not 14 years.

I moved here from India, full of ambition, and was working in tech when the injury happened. Once I couldn’t keep up, I was quietly pushed out—again and again.

In a system that often overlooks invisible disabilities, I found myself fighting to stay afloat, trying every form of care I could find: acupuncture, physical therapy, chiropractic, gym rehab, yoga, diet changes, you name it.

Some things helped.

Many things didn’t.

But I kept trying. And kept paying out of pocket.

Now, after years of searching, I’ve finally found a care team that’s helping me get stronger and feel hopeful again.

But after spending everything I had to get to this point, I’m out of resources, money, and all my savings.

That’s why I’m asking for your support.

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SHORT TERM PLAN: Where Your Help Will Go

I’m raising funds to cover the essentials of my healing journey and survival.

Monthly Expenses (Annual Est)

You can use this as a guide to an amount you could donate.

Total Annual Goal: $42,700

If I can raise even $20,000, that would give me a stable 6-month bridge to continue healing, regain energy, and begin earning again.

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LONG TERM PLAN: Getting back to work

I'm feeling much better and can return to work. I'm working on a project that will generate long-term income. I also build websites thru my design agency http://bitpalette.com. Feel free to share that link and this http://bitpalette.com/portfolio so I can get paid work for on-going sustenance.

What Your Support Means

More than anything, it means acknowledging that this has been real. That chronic pain isn’t in my head. That the U.S. healthcare system is broken and brutal. And that surviving this long without giving up has taken everything I have.

I know others have faced devastating losses—homes burned down in wildfires, jobs lost in recessions, lives upended. This pain has been just as devastating, only slower, quieter, and often invisible.

If you’ve ever experienced chronic pain, or loved someone who has, you know how lonely it can feel.

If you’ve ever wondered how someone keeps going through 14 years of struggle… this is how: through community.

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There Is Hope

In the past year, I’ve gotten stronger. I’ve been going to the gym. I’ve found a practitioner who gets it. I’ve been rebuilding my body, my trust in the process, and my sense of possibility.

I’m close—really close—to turning a corner. I just need a little help to cross that line.

If you can contribute, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

If you can share this with someone who might help, that means the world too.

And if all you can do is read this and hold space, I feel that too.

Thank you for seeing me.

With love,

Anubhav