It isn’t a secret that pain causes a flux in our emotions. I mean, duh. And we try to find ways to manage our moods
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Chronic illness: Mood, happiness, and life satisfaction
What I don’t like is this ‘pursuit of happiness’ as an ultimate life goal. It is flawed in design. It is like utopia… it
A Chronic Voice: prompts for August
Time for A Chronic Voice August Prompts! Capturing Financing Controlling Exchanging Motivating Capturing I thought I would capture some images of life with chronic pain
Chronic illness: Some thoughts on Judgements
There are times when people judge us for being ill. We are just lazy. We just need to exercise. We are not trying hard enough
To the healthy: This could be you
Okay, so stigma is rampant out there. I heard someone recently that said mental illness does not exist and we shouldn’t talk about it. And
A Chronic Voice: June blog prompts
Time for A Chronic Voice’s June blog prompts! Repeating Wondering Turning Getting Desiring Repeating Not working is a lot of… sameness. Do a little housework.
The measure we use for life
We all have a way to measure our lives. Our values, standards, and principles. The problem is when we become chronically ill… these often do
10 questions for new doctors
So we get new doctors and specialists we have to see all the time. And we have to fill out forms about a lot of
Chronic illness: The problem
I think we all know suffering is inevitable. It is actually a function of being human. We all suffer in different ways. It is so
A Chronic Voice Prompts: limitations
It is time for A Chronic Voice linkup! This month’s prompts are: Regrouping Investigating Boosting Setting Reviving Regrouping I am still on pause in my
The unlived life
“Do not fear death, but rather the unlived life. You don’t have to live forever. You just have to live.” ― Natalie Babbitt I do fear
Chronic illness: Things I learned and things I know
I have been chronically more than half my life not counting the joint hypermobility pain as a child. And the older I get the more
Chronic illness: I had the talk
You know my common-law spouse has been with me 22 years. And that means he was there for my fibromyalgia diagnosis. For the migraines. When
Disability: see me smiling?
How A Trump Proposal Could Reduce ‘Happy’ Disabled People A new policy proposal by the Trump administration calls for the surveillance of disabled people’s social
