The Faces Of PEM
Seen. Heard. Supported.
Calling on people with lived experience, carers, supporters and allies: upload your photo and Join the Faces of PEM
The Faces of PEM is a growing digital wall of people living with PEM, and the supporters standing beside them. We invite you to upload a photo of your face and become part of a collective presence that cannot be dismissed. Together, these faces form a living mosaic showing that people with PEM are here, visible, and deserving of recognition.
PEM Steals What You Don’t See
Living with ME/CFS and post-exertional malaise (PEM) is difficult to put into words. Through art, our community expresses the reality of this experience. Created for ME/CFS awareness, this collection offers a window into that world.
Every moment today may be borrowed from tomorrow.
The world sees rest.
We see missed moments.
Inga Topolnicki: Stop-Motion Animation: AnExistence Project
Riley Jordan: Singing: She Can Defy Gravity (4 minutes)
Naomi Flanagan Singing: Till I Get In The Game (3:45 minutes)
PEM – Post-Exertional Malaise
A worsening of symptoms after physical, mental, emotional, or sensory exertion
It is not ordinary tiredness or the same as fatigue
It can be delayed and disabling
Images Of Awareness
Esther Galvin: Images: M.E., Myself, And The Camera’s Eye
Some illnesses steal moments before they begin.
This is PEM.
Stacey Hollings: Singing – What I Was Made For? (3:40 minutes)
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