When Doctors Don’t See Past Diagnoses
What can you do when your doctor won’t look past a previous diagnosis? This is ESPECIALLY common (and sometimes detrimental) in cases of diagnoses involving mental illness or emotional distress, like...
View ArticlePain is NOT Pretty- The Reality of Living with Physical and Emotional Pain
Recently I have come to a realization about my blog and its content that I feel I need to comment on. I am aware of the fact that my posts are not considered commercially “upbeat,” however, they are...
View ArticleHappiness as a Choice
Pardon my absence for the last week- For all that I write about how stress affects illness, I am not doing a good job at controlling either right now and have been quite sick the past couple weeks…...
View ArticleComfort Foods and Depression (i.e.- Self-medicating with donuts…it’s tastier...
I thought that given my current state and the past post that brought about a lot of discussion regarding eating and Pain, this would be a good follow-up post. If you are anything like me, you know that...
View ArticleAn Overview of Anxiety
Anxiety and How to Treat It There are many things to worry about in this life. From the big things, like financial and health concerns, to the little things, like worrying you didn’t make enough food...
View ArticleSurvivor’s Guilt, Traumatic Events and Chronic Pain
This is a guest post by Cassandra Russom relating chronic pain to a traumatic experience and how fighting chronic pain can lead to a type of “Survivor’s Guilt.” Survivor’s Guilt. Wikipedia says,...
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