Fibromyalgia, ‘goodism’, self-sacrifice,”giving yourself away”
“Self development is a higher duty than self sacrifice”, Elizabeth Stanton As I read more and more about brain mapping and how to change the pain mappings in my brain…
Is Fibromyalgia a ‘Psychosomatic’ Disorder?
” Trust one who has gone through it”, Virgil Writing that words psychomatic, in fact, even thinking about the title makes me feel uncomfortable! Who wants to be labeled as one whose…
Are gay men more prone to fibromyalgia than heterosexual men?
” I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living”, Harvey Milk The question I ask in the title is one that…
On Being Parented and Parenting: Overcoming Past Experiences Through Understanding Pain of Fibromyalgia
“If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each…
Fibromyalgia: Suffering With The Itch You Can’t Scratch
“Once it is understood that sufferings cannot be compared, then it is possible to speak of different sufferings in the same story, because there is no comparison”, Arthur W. Frank…
Fibromyalgia and ‘flare-ups’
” So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us”, Gaston Bachelard A flare-up, a word for an acute attack of fibromyalgia, can be very…
Fibromyalgia and ‘Energy Medicine’: Trying to unlock the puzzling language and belief system
“Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please”, Mark Twain Given that modern medicine has been unable to find either a cause or…
Fibromyalgia: Trauma, Sleep disturbances, Night terrors, Sleep walking, Nightmares
“Trauma is so arresting that traumatized people will focus on it compulsively”, Peter Levine There are so many various kinds of sleep disturbances that it becomes somewhat of a check…
Fibromyalgia: Numbness, Tingling, Pins and Needles
” The world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it”, Helen Keller A condition called paresthesia results in numbness, tingling and pins and needles in the…
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