Aw, nuts!
While I was mulling the constancy of nausea and yuckiness, looking for a reason more useful than “it’s winter”, I realized I had relentless cascades… Read More »Aw, nuts!
loved ones
On trauma in central nervous system sensitization* & dysautonomia
I’ve been mulling this for years and occasionally blog it on a case-by-case basis: Handling bereavement (with digressions): https://livinganyway.com/wp/2014/03/08/threads-on-the-loom-bereavement-and-crps/ An anxiety toolkit I came up with for myself: https://livinganyway.com/wp/2016/01/27/handling-anxiety-and-its-obnoxious-little-friends/… Read More »On trauma in central nervous system sensitization* & dysautonomia
Isy’s guidelines for taking care of relationships when it’s imp-possible to have them
Relationships can be so fraught! Add to that a disease nobody understands without years of serious effort; unbelievable pain; weird deficits (sound volume? Vibration? Time… Read More »Isy’s guidelines for taking care of relationships when it’s imp-possible to have them
Talking about CRPS with boundaries, perspective, and joy
I’m going through one of those periods where I’m just tired of my body hurting. This is one of those offhand remarks that makes fellow… Read More »Talking about CRPS with boundaries, perspective, and joy
The third toughest job
While I’ve been absent from the blogosphere, I’ve been pushing the rock of life further uphill. I’m cautiously optimisitc about getting it to the top… Read More »The third toughest job
Fixing the brakes
Interesting week here. A dear friend is embroiled in one of those ghastly legal tangles where the vultures are rigged to win. I’m the key… Read More »Fixing the brakes
Make room for joy, especially when it isn’t easy
I’m an old ER nurse so please, trust me when I say that nobody gets a guarantee with this life. Nobody really knows what’s next,… Read More »Make room for joy, especially when it isn’t easy
Losing Our Angels to Suicide
A friend I’ll call A died of suicide last night. It’s easy to say of people that they are rare and radiant souls once they’re… Read More »Losing Our Angels to Suicide
Handling anxiety and its obnoxious little friends
In CRPS and dysautonomia, several parts of the brain get under- or over-enthusiastic (or both, unpredictably.) It’s easy to oversimplify, but even more confusing; each… Read More »Handling anxiety and its obnoxious little friends
When the electricity goes out.. I purr
The power went out last night. I’m used to it. I grew up in places where electric outages were common. We’d just get on with… Read More »When the electricity goes out.. I purr