Happy Thanksgiving! Deep down your mind might grumble with something like “Right! A Happy Thanksgiving …in this body? Happy Thanksgivings are for healthy people?”, “Forget the happy, I hope I just make it through it” or something...
(The cognitive problems typically found in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia (slowed processing speed, shorter working memory, reduced executive functioning) suggest problems with distraction and focus are probably common. In this blog Johannes suggests ways...
Examining the energy envelope and associated symptom patterns in chronic fatigue syndrome: does coping matter? Brown AA, Evans MA, Jason LA.Chronic Illn. 2013 Apr 12. ‘:earning to stay within your energy envelope isn’t easy particularly when one first...
(You know I love provocative titles :)) Chronic illnesses are no fun but the way life’s set up somebody is going to have them- hopefully somebody else, for sure – but that’s not anything we can dictate. I recently came across an essay called...
In the third of the Community Reports Series we ask what “what in the midst of chronic fatigue syndrome enriches your life”? From walks with the dog, to working out in the gym, to eating half a tub of ice cream (or just a bowl for god’s sake), taking...
(Can being happy help with chronic fatigue syndrome? How important is happiness to our health? And who was truly happy even before they became ill?) Depression is common in people with chronic illnesses and I would warrant that even small upsets tweak people who have...
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