Travel can cause stress, fatigue and illness, even if you don't already suffer from a fatigue-related illness. For those of us who do suffer from Fibromyalgia, CFS, or any autoimmune disorder, travelling often results in a flare. This is the season when many of us are hopping in cars or on plans … [Read more...]
The Relationship between Stress, Depression & Fibromyalgia
The Relationship Between Stress, Depression & Fibromyalgia Stress plays a major role in both fibromyalgia and depression. While there are many similarities in fibromyalgia and depression, including brain areas that are activated and how both respond to stress, fibromyalgia is more than just … [Read more...]
5 Ways I Reduce Stress During Tough Times
Tough times add stress. Five ways to reduce the stress you face during tough times. This post was originally published on ProHealth Inspiration Corner Life's been a little more stressful of late, as my mom is fighting cancer and therefore she has taken priority on my time and attention. Of … [Read more...]
Using Aromatherapy to Create Calm
Essential oils are huge right now. Everywhere you turn you hear about how this oil or that can help this ill or that. And, there's a reason for all the hype. Essential oils are amazing for many things. Aromatherapy is using those essential oils through scent to set a mood or to help ease a … [Read more...]
Stress increases fibromyalgia pain
"Stress exacerbates pain in the everyday lives of women with fibromyalgia syndrome" - I believe that anyone who lives with fibromyalgia or cares about someone with fibromyalgia could tell you that stress increases pain in fibromyalgia. I know it does for me, and for every person with … [Read more...]
Within My Control: 5 Lessons in Pain Management
Within My Control:5 Lessons in Pain Management Guest Post by Mandy Mercuri from Take Hold of Pain Six years ago I attended a 3 week intensive hospital-based pain management clinic. It changed my life! During this course, I learned that pain is just a sensation within my body. Oftentimes the … [Read more...]
Can music reduce pain?
Can Music Reduce Pain? There are many types of music therapy available, and different research suggesting that types of music can help calm you, reduce stress, and even, yes, even reduce pain. A study conducted by Garza-Villarreal and colleagues in the Feb, 2013, Frontiers of Psychology examined … [Read more...]
We Are What We Think: Don’t Worry About Tomorrow
How often do you avoid doing something because you are worried about how it will make you feel? How much time do you spend worrying about tomorrow? What could happen? Instead of living life to the fullest? As I read Sue Ingbretson's article on Rehearing Positivity, and I couldn't help but relate … [Read more...]
Is your Stuff making you feel worse?
Every once in a while I catch the show "Hoarding: Buried Alive"and on a couple of different episodes they've mentioned that the person has Fibromyalgia. It got me thinking about how we try to fill the void that Fibromyalgia puts in our lives. Fibro takes so many things away from us and we have to be … [Read more...]
Learning to Listen to Your Body
We often overlook how important it is to listen to our bodies. Often we don't even understand what it means when we say we should listen to our bodies - and this is because we just don't do it. When you are hungry you feel it, that's an instance of listening to your body that most everyone … [Read more...]
