I have not worked for a few years now but I know a about burnout with chronic illness. When I look up burnout they talk about the causes being things like: Unrealistic work expectations: unmanageable workload, unrealistic deadlines, and unrealistic time pressure. Employees who are expected to perform consistently for long periods under unrealistic deadlines... Continue Reading →
There is nothing wrong with being positive or working of thinking positive. We can be caught in a net of negative thinking and need to adjust ourselves to more realistic thinking. And there is some research to back that. And that is definitely not what I am talking about. That is a good thing. I... Continue Reading →
When I was diagnosed recently with MS I found out something about smoking cigarettes and MS that I did not know. Smoking can make MS worse. It can speed up how fast you become disabled from MS. It can mean bigger lesions It can mean more relapses MS Society Cleveland Clinic I reduced my smoking... Continue Reading →
I got a Lumbar Puncture, also known as a spinal tap, on Friday. It is done on the lower back in the lumbar region. It was done as an outpatient. I went in, I didn't even have to change into one of those horrible hospital gowns. They got me to lie on my side with... Continue Reading →
Heat is definitely one of my migraine triggers. These excessively hot days are not cool- literally. It has been 30-37C, not counting the humidity, here which as a Canadian is hot. That would be 86F to 98.6 for my American friends which may or may not be hot for them. But I think we can... Continue Reading →
The weirdest thing that happened to me with chronic vertigo is it made me insanely sleepy. I assume because it is draining for the brain to focus that hard through all that dizziness and vertigo. On bad days I could barely move and on good days it was hard to focus on anything. For a... Continue Reading →
When we’re struggling with illness our self-esteem and self-worth can plummet. We may see ourselves as stagnant, irritable, unlovable and stuck. Research shows that maintaining positive feelings about ourselves during illness flares can improve both physical and mental well-being. Achieving this can be a struggle. Kristin Neff is a leading researcher on self-compassion according to Psychology Today. Neff has... Continue Reading →
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