A Chronic Voice
@achvoice
I share #ChronicIllness & #ChronicPain info fr VARIOUS #perspectives. #Lupus #Sjogrens #AntiphospholipidSyndrome #epilepsy #MentalHealth #anxiety #depression
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http://www.achronicvoice.com 09-11-2015 13:36:16
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A Chronic Voice writes about her life w. #ChronicIllness & #disability. "To provide insight into life with #ChronicIllness is to put your vulnerabilities on public display. It means showing fragments of a broken body, and wounds that will never heal." Read it: achronicvoice.com/2019/04/25/why…
"Instead of..persuading us to #sacrifice 1 for the other, she wants us to be able to use both kinds of #attention for different things. It is not then a story abt giving something up, it is a story about extending a repertoire": buff.ly/3NWpugC via The Guardian #perspective
“While often poo-pooed by #doctors, those of us with #fibromyalgia all seem to agree that #weather has a direct effect on our pain and symptoms”: buff.ly/31G3gXI by Cynthia Covert, The Disabled Diva #ChronicPain #PainFlares
“Recognizing the influence of my #subconscious #mind over my power of will, I shall take care to submit to it a clear & definite picture of my CLEAR #PURPOSE in life and all minor purposes leading to my major purpose": buff.ly/4buog5P via @brainpicker retired #BruceLee #willpower
"#Prolactin is a #hormone responsible for lactation & breast tissue development; #orexin is a #neurotransmitter that helps to promote staying awake..both have many other functions that are only now being revealed": buff.ly/3xoc7kf via SciTechDaily #ChronicPain #research
“Using the #crutch, however, shatters such an illusion. Suddenly, I saw my crutch as a huge signpost for everyone ard me that something was wrong with me. It was now suddenly visible that I was #sick”: buff.ly/3g0oaZH by Rhiann Johns #disabled #ChronicallyIll #spoonie
“In addition, when placed under #stress, the #breathing group showed less of a stress response than, ironically, the #stressmanagement group, suggesting that the breathing helped them become more stress #resilient": buff.ly/4c56GWv from Psychology Today #mentalHealth
"#Acceptance, in contrast, is an active embrace of reality..required me to stop fearing that movement would paralyze me and instead consider the price of protecting my vulnerabilities": buff.ly/3HM7QIJ by Jennifer Crow #ChronicPain #ChronicallyIll #living #spoonie
“If they suffer from #chronicpain, they’re in #pain all of the time. If their muscles ache, they ache every day. As we in the #chronicillness community like to point out: “Chronic means #chronic.””: buff.ly/2LMbX97 from Psychology Today Toni Bernhard #awareness
"#pacing isn’t just about activity, its about using my #energy efficiently. I’ve found that if I let my nervous system stimulation levels get high, I tend to rush more & hold more tension in my body, using my energy less effectively”: buff.ly/3ODwBIp by The ME CFS Holistic Coach
““Until one day, I kind of just accepted that this is tough,” she says, “and with this small shift I began to be open to receiving help, to consider, ‘OK, how am I actually going to live like this?’””: buff.ly/3LC0x8I from AnOther Magazine #SelfAcceptance #ChronicIllness
“Those Greeks had some shit figured out, didn’t they? There’s a lot of #wisdom..reading thru the #Stoics..while they aren’t specifically #quotes abt #invisibleillness, they’re abt the pain & struggle & triumph of being alive": buff.ly/3yeX2lw via Janet Jay (she/her) #LifeLessons