” People who are prone to anxiety are nearly always people-pleasers who fear conflict and negative feelings like anger”, David D. Burns Everyone worries, it falls under the umbrella of anxiety. It is not about…
Fibromyalgia
An in-depth guide on Fibromyalgia, covering its symptoms, causes, treatments, and tips for managing this chronic condition effectively.
Fibromyalgia and its Siblings: Symptoms, Symptoms, Symptoms!
” Trying to eradicate symptoms on the physical level can be extremely important, but there’s more to healing than that; dealing with psychological, emotional and spiritual issues involved in treating sickness is equally important”, Marianne Williamson…
Fibromyalgia and the highly empathetic/ highly sensitive person
” Highly sensitive people are too often perceived as weaklings or damaged goods”, Anthon St. Marten Anton St. Marten writes that to feel intensely is “the trademark of the truly alive and compassionate”. Rather than…
Fibromyalgia, my unquiet mind
” The mind is the most capricious of insects-flitting, fluttering”, Virginia Woolf Sit quietly for a minute and imagine this stream with leaves quietly floating by in the water. Now think of the many thoughts,…
Fibromyalgia- Conversion Disorder?
“We must cultivate the courage to look deeply, with clarity and courage, into our own suffering”, Peter A. Levine Dr. Levine is the world’s leading expert on the study of stress physiology. I began reading…
Living with fibromyalgia and heart disease
“Coping with a chronic illness is work”, Carolyn Thomas A very new book has just been published by Carolyn Thomas: A Woman’s Guide to Living with Heart Disease, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. It…
AFFLICTED…Netflix documentary reviewed
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear”, Mark Twain I have watched all episodes of the documentary Afflicted on Netflix. My mind is reeling and disturbed. I am hoping that…
Fibromyalgia fears and Covid19
“How little can be done under the spirit of fear”, Florence Nightingale Fear of catching the virus, of giving it to others, of being around others, of going out in public, and of wearing or…
A pandemic and fibromyalgia
” Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow” Albert Einstein I apologize to my dear ‘old’ readers of the past for not writing blogs for many, many months. I do hope that some…
Fibromyalgia is a malfunctioning of the central nervous system
“Do something every day that scares you”, Eleanor Roosevelt I have had a difficult year, even being admitted to the hospital for several days with extremely high blood pressure. Now that I’ve settled down somewhat…