Chronic negative stress does not do a body good. We all know this. Because we have pain and illness and so stress from That plus
Tag: chronic pain
Painsomnia and sleep deprivation
So I’m going to start with this tidbit: The brain literally starts eating itself when it doesn’t get enough sleep. AHHHhhhhhh!!!!!!! My brain is EATING
Vlog: Why I hid my depression
I decided to do a topic on comorbid depression as a chronic pain Vlog topic this week. Bad timing really since the weather has given
A Chronic Voice January Prompts: New Year
Time for A Chronic Voice’s Prompt linkup It is the New Year. I am not one for New Year, New Me. A migraine will soon
Vlog: Chronic pain brain and emotional consequences
I wanted to do this video because I think it is implied that we can somehow think our way out of pain like it is
Chronic pain and mental health
A 74.5% incidence of psychiatric disorders was present in the patient sample The rate of depressive and anxiety disorders was 29.4% and 23.5%, respectively Comorbid
Vlog: The worst lesson I learned from pain
I don’t really do videos. I get … nervous. More of a word person than a verbal person. Nevertheless, I thought I would wing it
Chronic pain: changes to the brain
I feel this study that came out of Australia has some important lessons for us to think about for our coping with chronic pain and
Chronic pain: Do but also Don’t do
Chronic pain is just one of those things that is a bit tricky to manage. I know this. You know this. Our doctors know this.
Chronic illness: Your comfort zone and the sameness of it all
I always worry about our comfort zone. How comfortable it gets. I’m not sure I like the idea of being comfortable at all. I want
A Chronic Voice: November prompts
Time for A Chronic Voice’s Linkup prompts for November! They are: paying attending organizing plunging knowing Paying I have a lot of debt from being
14 Chronic illness books to check out
So sometimes us chronic illnesses bloggers write books because bloggers are writers. And we have things to say, man. Lots of things that cannot always
Phenomenology of pain
This is something I wrote Way back in the day. I thought I would share it. It is a philosophical look at the pain experience.
Chronic illness: Limits and life
There are many, many things in our lives due to an illness that gets in the way o life and we have no choice about
