Experimenting with Medical Marijuana for Fibromyalgia
“I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug”, Willie Nelson Well, here I am in the second month of experimenting with this…
Fibromyalgia is an anxiety disorder
” 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Fibromyalgia: ANXIETY- PANIC ATTACKS
” PTSD is similar to Panic Attacks in that once turned on, the anxiety is fed into a vicious cycle”, David Yeung Anxiety, depression, and panic attacks are triplets. They live together…
Is Fibromyalgia a ‘Psychosomatic’ Disorder?
” Trust one who has gone through it”, Virgil Writing those words is psychosomatic, in fact, even thinking about the title makes me feel uncomfortable! Who wants to be labeled as one…