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#Chronicpain
blogger at brainlessblogger.ca. I also write and do art.
#fibromyalgia
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#migraine
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#MS
Sometimes It takes a lot to just exist. Everything we do Is just so much effort and consequences
#chronicpain
#chronicillness
about 3 hours ago
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A Chronic Voice
about 4 hours ago
“Overthinkers often keep
#thinking
long after they've decided how to respond. The hidden reason: they're trying to
#control
the outcome, not just their
#decision
.”:
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from
@psychologytoday.com
#overthinking
#MentalHealth
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7 Ways to Cope with Uncertainty
Self-talk phrases can help you manage the unknowns.
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Feeling positive emotions in pain
#chronicpain
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Feeling positive emotions in pain
If you’re happy and you know it, you’re not in pain? Not really. Not exactly. Not entirely. It certainly seems like a belief one would have. Pain does seem to hold a certain rather unpl…
https://brainlessblogger.ca/2025/11/02/feeling-positive-emotions-in-pain/
about 18 hours ago
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Remember when you lose your job due to illness, It wasn’t who you were, you were more than that.
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about 21 hours ago
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#Chroncillness
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I’M NOT GOING TO LIE, I’D RATHER BE SLEEPING. THIS AWAKE BUSSINESS IS DIFFICULT.
#Insomnia
#Chronicillness
12 days ago
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Be kind
#Chronicillness
13 days ago
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Things I didn't know when I got
#Diagnosed
#chronicillness
14 days ago
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If disabled people were truly heard, an explosion of knowledge of the human body and psyche would take place.
#Chronicillness
14 days ago
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"I felt like crying but nothing came out. It was a sort of sad sickness, sick sad, when you can't feel worse." Charles Bukowski
#Quote
16 days ago
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Things not to do in high pain
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16 days ago
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When you feel weak when you feel fragile. I know your strength. You fight a battle no one sees.
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#chronicpain
16 days ago
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#Brainfog
#chronicillness
17 days ago
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I am a series small victories and large defeats and I am amazed as any other that I have gotten from there to here Charles Bukowski
#quote
18 days ago
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Get out of bed?
#chroncipain
18 days ago
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#Chronicpain
:
#Motivation
struggles and routines
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Chronic pain: Motivation struggles and routines
The difficulty with motivation seems to stem from my lack of a consistency. It is difficult remain motivated to any one goal for any length of time. It is difficult to keep on target. When I then l…
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19 days ago
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A Chronic Voice
19 days ago
"This myth [of
#planning
better] often comes from internalized
#ableism
. We think, “If I were just more disciplined or organized, I’d be fine.” But no planner, productivity hack, or color-coded system can outsmart your body.":
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by
@thethrivingspoonie.com
#ChronicIllness
#NEisVoid
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6 Energy Saving Tips for Chronic Illness to Help You Handle Energy Fluctuations Without Guilt
Explore energy saving tips for chronic illness to help you manage unpredictable energy levels and stay flexible throughout your day.
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Sometimes I am not isolated I am just self-isolating for a reason. And that is some serious self-care for a day, two, a week or more.
#selfcare
19 days ago
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"Try to reduce
#stress
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19 days ago
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THEM: So that
#medication
means everything is good then? ME: No. Bit better. With side effect bonus fun. *Five minutes later.* THEM: But cured. ME: Uh, but no
#chronicillness
20 days ago
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#Functionality
and
#motivation
struggles with
#chronicillness
and
#chronicpain
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Functionality & Motivation struggles
I have experienced some rapid swings in my functionality. Ongoing since I became disabled itself. Not entirely surprising since I am disabled. These swings down happen. And the swings up are not qu…
https://brainlessblogger.ca/2025/10/14/functionality-motivation-struggles/
20 days ago
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Princess in the Tower
23 days ago
“While they know my illnesses are bad, I don’t often show just how bad they can get… When I’m able to hang out, that’s me on my absolutely best days.” https://themighty.com/topic/chronic-illness/what-sick-people-dont-tell-friends/
#ChronicIllness
#ChronicPain
#SpoonieSky
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22 Things People With Chronic Illness Don't Admit to Their Healthy Friends
22 Things People With Chronic Illness Don't Admit to Their Healthy Friends
https://themighty.com/topic/chronic-illness/what-sick-people-dont-tell-friends/
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Princess in the Tower
22 days ago
“Have you ever been stuck in bed for a few days from a really bad infection or surgery? Think back… You could barely get out of bed and simple tasks were exhausting. Now consider feeling that way every day, all day, for months or years.” https://buff.ly/zp4j7pr
#severefatigue
#chronicpain
#spoonie
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Princess in the Tower
11 months ago
“If opening your eyes, or getting out of bed, or holding a spoon, or combing your hair is the daunting Mount Everest you climb today, that is okay.” ~ Carmen Ambrosia
#MentalHealthMatters
#ChronicPain
#ChronicIllness
#RareDisease
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A Chronic Voice
20 days ago
"But u do get to choose how u respond to the people who stay. The ones who fetch your hot water bottle. The ones who know your pharmacy schedule better than yr doctor. The ones who—god bless them—bring u the right tea bags.":
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#ChronicIllness
#caregiver
by
@unremarkableme.bsky.social
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The Power of “I’m Sorry”Another Thing No One Warns You About
By Antonia at Unremarkable Me(Yes, I’m writing this with a heat pack on one side and an attitude problem on the other. If you were hoping for zen, you’ve knocked on the wrong blog.)So, Here's the…
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Isolation is difficult on us mentally and emotionally with
#chronicillness
20 days ago
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Carrie - MySeveralWorlds - Artist, Author, Advocate
21 days ago
"Those with
#ChronicIllness
are like millions. Chameleons change colors to blend in with their environment, where is the chronically ill hide their pain to make others comfortable, blending in with their surroundings." Credit @MISTIBLUDAY
#ChronicIllnessAwareness
#MySeveralWorlds
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You know you have
#chronicillness
isolation when this happens
20 days ago
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#chronicpain
is invisible unseen but felt
21 days ago
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Feeling your feels with
#chronicpain
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Feeling your feels with chronic pain
It isn’t a bad thing I have been thinking about the CBT I took for my depression back in the day but how it isn’t that effective for chronic pain. How thinking positive is a thing that always…
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21 days ago
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Recent
#ER
experience
#MS
#Chronicillnes
brainlessblogger.ca/2025/10/10/e...
24 days ago
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A Chronic Voice
24 days ago
“[
#ChronicIllness
] is always there to remind us that we have to work a lot harder to perform
#tasks
that were once so easy. This can get downright exhausting..to the point where we might feel much less of a person than we once were.”:
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by
@coachtom12.bsky.social
#NEisVoid
#disabled
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Tips for healthy living with a chronic health condition - Tom Seaman
Advocate for yourself and for others. Learn as much as you can about your health condition so you can make the best choices for your personal well being. Share with others what you learn to help them…
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Dr Lindsay Tedds
24 days ago
From my hemiplegic migraine group
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Carrie - MySeveralWorlds - Artist, Author, Advocate
25 days ago
Many thanks to Melissa at @teamfibro (Fibromyalgia National Health Organization) for featuring my journey with
#fibromyalgia
. đź”—
supportfibromyalgia.org/fibromyalgia...
❓What is the most important piece of advice you would give to someone newly diagnosed with
#Fibromyalgia
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Fibromyalgia Warrior Journey | MySeveralWorlds.com
Inspiring Fibromyalgia Warrior Carrie. She shares her journey living in Taiwan with Ankylosing Spondylitis, Fibromyalgia, and ME/CFS.
https://supportfibromyalgia.org/fibromyalgia-warrior-journey-myseveralworlds-carrie/
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#fatigue
24 days ago
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When one
#symptom
improves for the day but another goes nuts
#chronicillness
25 days ago
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#Depression
,
#chronicpain
and core values
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Depression, pain and core values
October is depression awareness month. When I think about my longest bout of depression I know I needed treatment for it. But the why of treatment was dominantly pain. Unmanaged pain. So when I wen…
https://brainlessblogger.ca/2025/10/08/depression-pain-and-core-values/
26 days ago
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Me: *Makes doctor appointment* Two days later Me: *Makes another doctor appointment for that important thing I forgot to talk about at the other appointment*
#Chronicillness
26 days ago
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#ChronicIllness
#humour
26 days ago
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#Insomnia
with
#chronicpain
be like:
28 days ago
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#chronicpain
thoughts- basically, yeah, the way it is for me
28 days ago
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Things never to say to someone with
#anxiety
about 1 month ago
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"It could be worse"
#chronicillness
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Please don’t say that: It’s not worse
Things never to say to someone with chronic illness or chronic pain Aren’t you glad it isn’t worse? I mean, at least it’s not… cancer. It isn’t like your liver fell out. Not like your kidney’s expl…
https://brainlessblogger.ca/2025/10/03/please-dont-say-that-its-not-worse/
about 1 month ago
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#Migraine
existing in a world that might just not be made for me.
#Chronicmigraine
about 1 month ago
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Today, get out of bed Tomorrow, take on the world! Alright, lets just manage the get out of bed business and go from there.
#Chronicillness
about 1 month ago
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Pain Awareness Month
#Chronicpain
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Pain Awareness month
1 in 5 Canadians live with persistent pain? Pain is the top reason why people seek medical care, and it accounts for approximately one-third of the patient load for family physicians. (University …
https://brainlessblogger.ca/2025/09/30/pain-awareness-month/
about 1 month ago
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“Pain is always new to the sufferer, but loses its originality for those around him. Everyone will get used to it except me.” ― Alphonse Daudet, In the Land of Pain
#chronicpain
about 1 month ago
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I can be changed by what happened to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. ~Maya Angelou~
#quoteoftheday
about 1 month ago
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#Productivity
and
#chronicillness
brainlessblogger.ca/2025/09/22/p...
about 1 month ago
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Toxic productivity roots your value as a person in your productivity. With disability we know they is not the case. Our productivity varies and we do what we can when we can
#chronicillness
about 1 month ago
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