Fibromyalgia and teary, painful eyes
“Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful”, Helen Keller I have done it again! Developed a symptom even as long ago of a few years and did…
Writing about Fibromyalgia: The psychological and physiological effects
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you”, Maya Angelou A very interesting interview awhile ago on CBC Radio with Michael Enright as host. Dr. Suzanne Koven,…
Fibromyalgia and the ‘crafty’ person: knittin’ , hookin’ and stitchin’ as therapy
“As I get older, I just prefer to knit”, Tracy Ullman In the Canadian Globe and Mail , Thursday, February 18, 2016, L5, featuring an article by Jane Brody, we read about…
Fibromyalgia: “what’s that smell”?
“For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories and it is a pity that we use it so little”, Rachel Carson Many…
Harnessing your fibromyalgia anxiety with mindfulness meditation
“Breathe and let be”, Jon Kabat-Zinn Within the last two decades the concept of mindfulness meditation has been adopted by schools, hospitals, businesses, police and even the military. Those who teach/mentor…
Fibromyalgia is NOT a ‘Disease’! Manual therapists to “help”?
“Names are not always what they seem”, Mark Twain How to go about convincing experts and the general population that fibromyalgia is not a disease, but a Medically Unexplained Syndrome…
Life with fibromyalgia: It’s not easy, but possible to find joy
“Excuse me while I kiss the sky”, Jimi Hendrix So, am I in such a lovely warm place kissing this beautiful sky? No, instead I am in the midst of cold…
Fibromyalgia: Living in high alert
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are”, Anaïs Nin One of the common sayings in Mindfulness Meditation is that thoughts are not facts. In…
Trigger warnings for the fibromyalgia mind
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear” ,Mark Twain Neuroscientists can now tell us amazing things about the brain, they are the experts on the nervous…
Fibromyalgia: Living with Chronic Pain
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on”, Robert Frost I have frequently cited the works of adiemusfree from her HealthSkills Blog. She has…
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