Saturday, 16 June 2018. Issue #114.
In this issue: Finding the way back to hope. Every tissue and cell in our body renews at a faster rate when we sleep. An invitation to speak about pulmonary hypertension at the COPD conference in Rome. That guilty feeling when you look well and go out, even though you need to work from home. There is no way for you to know how much pain someone else is going through. Being thankful for the many things our bodies do to keep us alive without conscious thought. Taking full advantage of life, and travelling with IBD whenever possible. Depression and mental illness can strike anyone, regardless of social standing or location. ‘Taboo’ thoughts that people with chronic illness have, and why it’s important to bring them out into the light. When the disability caused by your cerebral palsy triggers anxiety.
“Today I have #hope not that I will find the answer to my chronic health mystery, but for myself – that I will find my way back from this. I’m so tired of feeling empty and sad and alone”: https://t.co/apH6D6ZMUF #spoonie #mentalhealth #chroniclife #chronicillness
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) June 10, 2018
[Archives] "Every tissue in the body, from those in our muscles and bones right down to those at the cellular level, renews at a faster rate while asleep": https://t.co/8XGkLdTIiQ #sleepwell #chronicpain #painrelief #recoery #spoonieproblems
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) June 12, 2018
“I had been invited to talk at the #COPD Conference in Rome! I am so excited and honoured to be given this opportunity & I will be representing the PHA UK as their official ambassador”: https://t.co/ywX4EwXbWo @maritess_mt #spoonie #pulmonaryhypertension #chronicillness #advocate
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) June 11, 2018
"A large part of my worry in regards to people #judging me for #workingfromhome comes when I actually do feel well enough to go out…I feel like a fake myself": https://t.co/4yt9G7u9oA @MetroUK #faker #spoonie #spoonieproblems
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) June 13, 2018
"There is no way for you to know how much #pain someone else is experiencing": https://t.co/s7W7jBe481 @TheMightySite #chronicpain #empathy #chronicillness #humanity #spoonie
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) June 13, 2018
“A realization washed over me in an instant: I was breathing. My #body was #breathing for me. It is not something I have to think about. It is not something I will myself to do 24/7. Still, my body breathes”: https://t.co/TqHCerx7hy #gratitude #spoonies #chronicillness
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) June 12, 2018
“I chose to #travel because I realized that while I finally had the opportunity to live, I wasn’t taking full advantage of it. I was still simply surviving, only a different version”: https://t.co/9T6IOutmcN @shawnbethea_ #spoonie #spoonietravels #chroniclife #selfawareness
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) June 9, 2018
"That's really the societal challenge — to try to understand that #depression and other #mentalillnesses can be found in every postal code and every income bracket": https://t.co/NLFYWz8B3J @CBCNews #SuicideAwareness #mentalhealth #society
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) June 12, 2018
"This pressure to feel or be a certain way can be damaging, cos if someone with #chronicillness does experience thoughts or feelings they aren’t 'supposed' to experience, they may avoid..reaching out if they need help": https://t.co/u45KIj5E3X #spoonies #chronicpain #mentalhealth
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) June 13, 2018
“I noticed the first thing that triggers me to have #anxiety attacks is when I can’t physically be a part of something because of the #disability my #cerebralpalsy causes me”: https://t.co/QvDwpkiCZ8 @Unchargeables #mentalhealth #spoonie
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) June 15, 2018
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