In this speculative reflection, Aura shares a raw and poetic meditation on chronic illness, pain, and the fantasy of becoming a cyborg—not the shiny, sci-fi version, but the yard-sale, hand-me-down kind. This is a story of survival, inequity, imagination, and exhaustion. Of dreaming of mechanical relief when the body just won’t stop screaming.
This piece explores:
Chronic pain as a daily, invisible companion
The absurdity of imagining healing through capitalism
Transhumanism through a working-class, disabled lens
How speculative fiction becomes a coping mechanism
What it means to hope for repairs in a system that throws people away
🔍 Reflective Questions
Have you ever dreamed of escaping your pain—physical, emotional, or otherwise—by becoming something else? What did that version of you look like?
What does healing look like in a world that isn’t built to help you heal?
If you had access to futuristic body upgrades, what parts of you would you change? And what would you fight to keep?
How does humor help you survive when things feel unbearable?
What kind of future would exist if access to healing wasn’t tied to wealth, insurance, or systems?
In what ways have you had to piece together support from what others have discarded?
What stories are possible when disabled people are the center of speculative futures—not just add-ons or afterthoughts?
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Thanks for reading,
Aura
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