An interesting topic was brought up at the pain clinic class today. We were talking about pain behaviors. He wanted us to think about our
Tag: perception of pain
Perspective is everything
Migraine awareness Day 16 Perspective is everything video The first interesting point in this video is when he points out that to some extent it
Chronic illness: identity and embodiment
Read this selection first. It is interesting. Embodiment: Mooring disability identity Embodiment is the principle of rooting one’s identity in the reality of one’s body.
“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.” — Philip K. Dick, VALIS I think it is hard to understand ‘normal’ when
In the land of pain… everybody will get used to it but me
“One of the hardest things about being chronically ill is that most people find what you’re going through incomprehensible—if they believe you are going through
Illness belief structures and invisible illness
I remember when I was younger and had Fibromyalgia and episodic migraines I thought very differently about my illness than I do now. I remember
