My husband and I have been coming to San Diego Comic Con for years. Sometimes he goes without me, but I believe it’s been about 15 years. He is an art collector and recently began…
chronic illness
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How To Power Through With A Fibromyalgia Diagnosis
Meet Hilary Neumann! She has lived with Fibromyalgia and several other diagnoses for many years. In the video below she tells her story of how she handles living with fibromyalgia. Her strength and determination to…
Finding The Humor In Fibromyalgia
Meet Jessica Hooten, she is a fibromyalgia warrior who chooses to find the silver lining about her diagnosis. In this video she tells us all about how she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, treatments she has…
How To Express Gratitude When You Live In Constant Pain
Living in constant pain can make a person lose hope. Not everyone can understand how much harder regular tasks can be when you have a chronic illness like fibromyalgia. I recently found myself in a…
How To Re-Create Your Life After A Fibromyalgia Diagnosis
A fibromyalgia diagnosis often arrives after a long period of uncertainty. Many people spend months or even years moving through unexplained pain, fatigue, sleep disruption, and cognitive difficulties before finally receiving a name for what…
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…
The Emotional And Physical Toll Of Raising A Child With Mental Illness
Staring down at my beautiful new son I am filled with love, so much love. I practically imagine his whole life in front of me. How wonderful his life is going to be and how…
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…