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Chronic Pain, Depression, and Anxiety? Here’s Where to Get the Mental Health Help You Need

Posted on November 20, 2019April 1, 2020 by Amanda

No matter where you are on your chronic pain journey, sometimes you need a little help. That’s where therapy comes in. Because unfortunately, many of us dealing with constant aches, pains, and other health issues also get to contend with anxiety and/or depression. (It’s the worst BOGO offer ever! 0 stars. Do not recommend) Mental…

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Chronic Pain Facts of Life: Balancing the Good and the Bad

Posted on November 6, 2019April 1, 2020 by Amanda

You take the good. You take the bad. You take ‘em both, and there you have the facts of life a glimpse into what it’s like to be human. *clears throat* Sorry. Just needed to get that out of my system. But the theme song from one of my favorite childhood shows may have been…

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Can You Heal Pain by Accepting Your Feelings?

Posted on October 16, 2019March 17, 2020 by Amanda

We live in such an emotionally constipated culture, y’all. We grow up learning, in subtle and not-so-subtle ways, that feelings are something to be hidden away, unacknowledged. Dangerous. Irrational. Weak. I always felt like I was wrong for feeling my feelings. I was told I was too sensitive. People didn’t know what to say or…

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Unexpected Benefits of Blogging About Chronic Pain

Posted on October 2, 2019May 9, 2020 by Amanda

It’s funny. When I started this blog, I thought I could help people who are dealing with chronic pain. But it was through thinking about this stuff and trying to make the thoughts in my head make sense on paper that I realized that I wasn’t coping with my chronic pain as well as I…

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Making Peace with Your Body

Posted on September 18, 2019April 7, 2020 by Amanda

A lot of the time, chronic illness puts us into direct conflict with our bodies. You need to earn money, but you hurt so much that you are forced to either quit or drop to part time work. Or you want to have fun hiking with friends, but you know that there is no way…

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Hi! I'm Amanda. Recovering perfectionist. Overcoming depression, anxiety, chronic pain. Pragmatic dreamer. Work in progress. Worshipper of cats.

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