How having a chronic condition feels like sometimes ngl 😅

British Journal of Psychiatry explored the growing overlap: - Mood changes linked to pain flares - Sensory overload leading to emotional dysregulation - Exhaustion mistaken for depression - Dysautonomia mistaken for anxiety - Nervous-system overload interpreted only psychiatrically

Hypermobility is also far more than “being flexible.” It is increasingly understood as a multisystem connective tissue condition affecting: - the nervous system - pain processing - sensory regulation - proprioception - circulation - digestion - fatigue and energy regulation

When chronic pain, sensory overload, autonomic dysfunction, inflammation, and exhaustion accumulate together, emotional regulation can become harder too.

This does NOT mean mental health conditions are “not real”, but it does raise an important question: How many people have been treated only psychologically when their physical bodies were also asking for help?

At ParaMotion, we believe the future of healthcare must become more integrated, nervous-system informed, and embodied. Because the nervous system never separated the body and mind. For a deeper dive read our full blog below: www.paramotion.org/post/bipolar...

As we recognize EDS & Hypermobility Awareness Month this May, we also need to recognize the deep connection between hypermobility, neurodivergence, chronic pain, nervous-system dysregulation, and psychiatric experiences such as bipolar disorder.

This may change everything you ever thought about Bipolar disorder. Medicine always treated these experiences as separate categories: • Bipolar disorder → psychiatric • Neurodivergence → developmental • Hypermobility → physical Research is beginning to challenge that separation. #Hypermobility

May is Hypermobility awareness month and today's challenge is to share one tool that helps us the most. Creatine is a great supplement for energy and mental clarity. Check out our ParaMotion blog for more info. #hypermobility #edsawarenessmonth

fwiw - my spouse has benefitted from low dose doxycycline for partial relief of her EDS symptoms. Here is a scientific paper that discusses the potential mechanism: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34831458/

The EDS Society challenge today is highlighting what surprises most people about hypermobility. Tbh some in the ParaMotion community still don't believe it when I tell them about the connection between ADHD/Autism and hypermobility. More info in video #MyEDSChallenge #MyHSDChallenge #Hypermobility

What gives meaning to my painful journey is simple: Helping others so they don’t have to go through years of confusion and trial and error alone. Check out our blogs on ParaMotion.org for a lot of free info or book a free 15 mins call today. #hypermobility #adhd #autism

May is EDS/HSD Awareness Month. Here is my personal journey as part of the The Ehlers-Danlos Society challenge: From a very young age, around 5 years old, hospital visits became normal for me. I kept hearing the same things: “u are too young” “ur test results are normal” “It must be psychological”

'Time spent with cats is never wasted' Freud. This is Tiger ❤️❤️