Friday, 07 September 2018. Issue #126.
In this issue: The hard choices beneath the cheerful demeanour, when you live with chronic pain. It’s okay to collapse on the bad days, and to deal with the despair bit by bit. Why would anyone bother to share their vulnerabilities on social media, when there’s so much negativity? Your mental health is also affected when you’re physically unwell, and both need time to recover. There are some pleasant surprises in store when you get to know yourself better! Don’t let anyone downplay your conditions, keep seeking for more opinions. How dreams during REM sleep keep us sane. Getting fired at a hospital for relying on CBD for pain relief. The empathy you develop for others when you live in constant pain. How pain can force you to stop in your tracks and pay full attention to it.
"My generally cheerful demeanor isn’t because I’m feeling great. It is because I will live with these conditions all my life, and actively make the #choice to be happy despite what I live with": https://t.co/UkL0XuA4M1 #invisibleillness #society #chronicpain #awareness
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) September 3, 2018
[Archives] "On a regular day of #Lupus, esp during periods of high disease activity, I often collapse in despair because I don’t know how I can possibly deal with one more day of pain. And that is okay…": https://t.co/e8R13EYPmk #chroniclife #spoonie #mentalhealth #awareness
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) September 5, 2018
[New Post] "Sharing about your life on #socialmedia can be…so many negative things, so why would any sane person take the risk?": https://t.co/Wtj5rXbqFm #amwriting #chroniclife #mondayblogs #spoonie
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) September 2, 2018
“it’s not about powering through things physically. When you’re #sick, you’re mentally exhausted as well. You need time to rest your body & mind. I think it’s hard to think clearly when you’re unwell”: https://t.co/qZ2RHG34zg #selfcare #mentalhealth #mentalillness #chronicillness
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) September 4, 2018
[Archives] "There will be many surprises when you start getting to know yourself better…you might even start to like yourself, and all the traits that you thought you wanted nothing to do with!": https://t.co/ZXRrcjMrTu #selfworth #selflove #chronicillness #spoonie #lifelessons
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) August 30, 2018
“just because one expert downplays your condition, don’t give up. Get a #secondopinion. Sometimes the challenge is finding the right person to understand you”: https://t.co/FL2YnRw6sq @michelle_munt #jumbledbrain #TBI #braininjury #doctors
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) September 2, 2018
[Archives] "At stage 5, also known as #REM (rapid eye movement) #sleep, our #brain is actually in a state of high activity. Whether we remember them or not, this is when our #dreams occur, without which we would go mad": https://t.co/8XGkLdTIiQ #mentalhealth
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) September 6, 2018
“And that was it. My ID card was confiscated, and I was escorted to my locker and office to pack up six years worth of belongings. I’ll be in the #unemployment line and at the food stamp office next week”: https://t.co/zBiKQbUswa @ityiws #chronicillness #healthcare #spoonie #CBD
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) September 4, 2018
“it is very evident to me when I meet someone who has been through a severe and long-lasting trial that is chronic in nature. Compassion and empathy just oozes out of them”: https://t.co/tZQBx99yeG #spoonies #chronicpain #invisibleillness #kindness #awareness
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) September 1, 2018
“It is crippling and unrelenting causing a massive red stop sign to appear in my track; unable to do anything else but think about n feel the intense, uncomfortable pain”: https://t.co/cYPe2PYAvA @serenebutterfly #chronicpain #invisibleillness #spoonie #chroniclife #mentalhealth
— A Chronic Voice (@AChVoice) September 5, 2018
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