June 2011
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Can we please move beyond this mind body...
After reading some other posts on tumblr that deal with this issue I started word vomiting a bit since this is an issue I’m extremely passionate about. Please bear with me through this rant. I really do feel its incredibly important.
Its a troubling norm that symptoms are assumed to be only psychological or physical. I don’t believe in the generally assumed mind body separation. Its...
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A guide for friends of the chronically ill:
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A small, 14-step guide to being a good friend to a chronically ill individual: feel free to send me or reblog more suggestions. There are heaps of articles on how to cope as an individual living with the illness, but what about our friends and family? **And since I’ve received some not so kind messages about this: this is not necessarily how everyone feels…and I am not asserting...
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Exhaustion, stress, sick of being single, & other...
Looking for a place to live is exhausting, especially when your income is nill and you haven’t heard back from disability. I’m in a lot of pain today. Yesterday my blood pressure felt really low for no reason but by the time I checked it it was ok. I’m just getting over a short visit from Mr. Optic Neuritis. Since I’ve been wallowing a bit the last few weeks I’ve let...
