There was a fascinating study done on brain activity and how people respond to treatment. They found, for example, that people who were more susceptible to being hypnotized responded less to cognitive therapy. I can't be hypnotized but I did respond well to cognitive therapy, so I suppose I fit into this criteria well. The … Continue reading Alpha brain waves and chronic pain treatment
Chronic Illness: Asking for help
For some reason, we can be adverse to asking for help when we need it. I think this can occur for a few reasons. The weakness self-stigma The weakness stigma that we should be able to handle things 'ourselves' is something we begin to impose on ourselves by seeing and hearing it enough. This idea … Continue reading Chronic Illness: Asking for help
Chronic illness: Knowing the past is fearing the future
For some of us, we have years of pain to reflect on. And that can mean times where we didn't cope well at all. I know I have expressed a deep dark depression and completely unmanaged pain I almost didn't survive. We have a pain history. And with it comes fear of the future. … Continue reading Chronic illness: Knowing the past is fearing the future
HealthyLine: natural gemstone therapy mats
Sponsored by HealthyLine in collaboration with chronic illness bloggers I have Fibromyalgia and back pain. For migraines, ice therapy is perfect. But for FM and back pain, heat is what I need. And that is what I first thought was appealing about this product. But there is more to it than that. HealthyLine manufacturers and … Continue reading HealthyLine: natural gemstone therapy mats
Things I learned from myself
I have been reviewing old posts to add featured pictures to them and do some editing and I have learned a few things about myself along the way. While I am boldly going where cures fear to tread, I seem to be traveling in a bit of a circle here. Round and round we go, … Continue reading Things I learned from myself
Book review: Hallucinations, by Oliver Sacks
“This usually occurs at the moment when my head hits the pillow at night; my eyes close and … I see imagery. I do not mean pictures; more usually they are patterns or textures, such as repeated shapes, or shadows of shapes, or an item from an image, such as grass from a landscape or wood grain, … Continue reading Book review: Hallucinations, by Oliver Sacks
