The Best Friends in the World
Image by Lester Public Library via Flickr We don’t say it often enough, do we? Thank you . . . Two simple words, but it can be so hard to remember to say them. Not for the big stuff, we usually...
View ArticleFibromyalgia Increases Risk of Suicide
Image via Wikipedia According to a newly released research study (Mortality in fibromyalgia: An 8,186 Patient Study Over 35 Years ), having fibromyalgia increases the chance that someone will commit...
View ArticleFibroWHYalgia – A Must Read for Anyone Who Wants to Improve Their Fibro
I got REALLY lucky a few weeks ago, and won a copy of FibroWHYalgia in a drawing on Living It, Loving It. I was THRILLED, because I knew it would be forever before I could afford to buy a copy. I...
View ArticleChronic Illness, Stress and Depression
Image via Wikipedia Depression has been a huge part of my life for so long that if it was suddenly taken away, I honestly wouldn’t know how to live. Even on the good days, it’s a constant, hovering...
View ArticleFibromyalgia Increases Suicide Risk – Chronic Illness, Stress, and Depression...
Image via Wikipedia According to a recently released research study (Mortality in fibromyalgia: An 8,186 Patient Study Over 35 Years,) having fibromyalgia increases the chance that someone will commit...
View Article3 Ways to Explain Your Chronic Illness to Family & Friends
When you have a chronic illness, one of the hardest things to deal with is the lack of understanding from your family, friends, and co-workers. "Normals" (those without chronic illnesses) have only had...
View ArticleAre You Comparing Your Insides to Everyone Else’s Outsides?
when I compare what I can see of someone else's life to what I experience in mine, I do us both a disservice. I make myself feel worse about my life, because not being able to see the negatives in...
View ArticleWhere is Your Attention Focused?: Positive Thinking for the Chronically Ill
What do you pay attention to in your life? Is it the 5 people who say, "I hope your pain levels drop soon," or the one who makes a nasty comment like, "fibromyalgia doesn't exist, you just don't want...
View ArticleTop 5 Posts: How to Prevent Holiday Flares
Living with chronic illnesses is difficult enough during the rest of the year, but around the holidays it gets even harder. These posts are full of ways to keep it manageable while still allowing you...
View ArticleInvisible vs. Visible Disability – Discrimination WITHIN the Disability...
Thank you Rob, for being willing to examine your own beliefs, and for being able to admit when those beliefs don't fit the situation. Those of us with invisible disabilities don't get that kind of...
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