When you live with chronic pain and fatigue, there are a lot of things that can make you feel worse. Over-doing it, crappy weather, stress. But, sometimes thoughts and mental actions can make you feel physically worse as well. Mental actions that can leave you…
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Mental Health
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You’re Not Alone
Literally, figuratively, morally, & historically, YOU are NOT alone in whatever you are experiencing. No situation is new. Someone somewhere has undergone it whether at present or in the past. Your woes? Your complicated problems? Your anxiousness? Your depression? Someone somewhere has undergone it. That’s…
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Wounds That Time Won’t Heal
What is Child Trauma? “Child trauma” refers to a scary, dangerous, violent, or life-threatening event that happens to a child (0-18 years of age). This type of event may also happen to someone a child knows and is impacted as a result of seeing or…
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My Journey with Chronic Pain
I’ve been living with chronic pain for more than two decades. It began in 2002. I fell and hit my knee while playing basketball at school. I wore a leg brace for a month. That fall led to constant pain, back and hip pain, tingling…
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When My Pain Worsens for No Reason, it’s Frustrating
Living with pain is difficult. The pain can be so unpredictable – a good day (which wasn’t really a good day in the first place) can quickly turn into a bad day. Sometimes there’s a reason for it getting worse. Perhaps I’ve somehow not avoided a trigger,…
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Most Common Triggers for Bipolar Mood Episodes
Bipolar disorder is a condition characterized by both depressive episodes and manic or hypomanic episodes. The pattern of these symptoms is different for everyone. Some people may feel relatively normal much of the time, occasionally tipping into a manic or depressive episode and some people…