You don’t live with chronic symptoms such as pain, fatigue, brain fog, insomnia and the like for over 15 years and not develop any tricks. For my teenage and early adult years my symptoms were…
Chronic illness
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Suffering From Fibromyalgia Or Fighting It: The Choice Is Yours
Having Fibromyalgia is like a roller coaster ride. Most days I just don’t know how I am going to feel. I try to have a positive mindset and I find it helps when I’m around…
How I Let A Pandemic & Fibromyalgia Break Me and How I Fixed It
It has been awhile since I sat down to write. Life has been overwhelming, wouldn’t you agree? I’ve been contemplating my place in the world and what I want that place to look like. I’ve…
College Student With Fibromyalgia? Here Is How To Stay Organized.
At the age of thirty-nine I decided to go back to college and finish my degree that I had started over 20 years prior. If I thought college was hard at eighteen, I had no…
Non-Painful Event Hypersensitivity as Part of Fibromyalgia Pathology
Beyond Pain: The Expanded Sensory Experience in Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia is often described in terms of chronic widespread pain, but pain is only one part of a much broader sensory disturbance. Many individuals with fibromyalgia report…
How To Love a Woman With Chronic Illness
Loving a woman with chronic illness is not defined by grand gestures, heroic sacrifice, or constant problem-solving. It is shaped in the quieter, more consistent places: how you respond when plans change, how you listen…
It’s All Right to Take a Break – Chronic Pain & Fibromyalgia Awareness
Chronic pain is often misunderstood as something that can be pushed through with enough determination or ignored with the right mindset. Fibromyalgia, in particular, is still surrounded by confusion, skepticism, and outdated assumptions about what…
In the Case of Fibromyalgia, I Won’t Apologize
Fibromyalgia is one of those conditions that exists in a strange space between visibility and invisibility. On the surface, a person living with it may look completely fine. They may walk, talk, work, smile, and…
3 Ways Lady Gaga’s “The Cure” Reflects Life With Fibromyalgia
Introduction Music often becomes a language for experiences that are difficult to describe directly. Chronic conditions like fibromyalgia fall into that category. The combination of persistent pain, fatigue, sensory sensitivity, and emotional strain creates a…
How Do You Sleep With Fibromyalgia?
Sleep is often one of the most difficult parts of living with fibromyalgia. Many people with this condition don’t just struggle to fall asleep—they struggle to stay asleep, to reach deep restorative sleep, and to…