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Typing It Real: How Creativity Saves Us, Living With Pain & Making Life Beautiful Anyway With Sam DeCosmo

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Chris B. Writes and Sam DeCosmo
Apr 08, 2026

I’d like to thank the incomparable Sam DeCosmo for joining me on Typing It Real! Sam and I dove deep and discussed her living with chronic pain and how she holds on to both the hurt, the hope, and everything in between. I am blown away by Sam’s bravery in sharing her story so openly, as well as the sheer brilliance of her writing.

Related posts we discussed:

Beautiful Anyway
How Creativity Saves Us
When I was 16 years old, my battle with chronic pain began. Daily headaches quickly became my new teenage reality. My parents took me to doctor after doctor but no one could seem to help me. After many months of constant pain and no answers, I became deeply depressed…
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5 months ago · 38 likes · 29 comments · Sam DeCosmo
Beautiful Anyway
When Healing Doesn't Come with a Perfect, Beautiful Bow
I hesitated to write this post because I feel like this may be a bit of a let-down for all those following my story. But my goal here has always been to be as honest and transparent as possible, so I want to share some truth with you…
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4 months ago · 43 likes · 13 comments · Sam DeCosmo
Beautiful Anyway
Learning How to Just Be
I saw a note written by a college professor recently that talked about how on paper, he had quite a year of achievement—writing his second book, publishing a dozen academic papers, running a half marathon, and more…
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4 months ago · 32 likes · 26 comments · Sam DeCosmo
Beautiful Anyway
A Poem for the Chronically Ill
It’s been a little while since I’ve popped in your inbox, but today I wanted to share a poem I wrote while lying here in bed tonight…
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24 days ago · 88 likes · 43 comments · Sam DeCosmo

Thank you mary beth kaplan🪶, Author Gold, Lynn J. Broderick, Eladio Matos, Bridget M Beck, and many others for tuning into my live video with Sam DeCosmo!

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