by johannasr2 | Nov 10, 2024 | Fibromyalgia, Health Care, Psychology, Response to Trauma
Birate Doctoral by Wikimedia Commons This morning I watched a show about Israel’s healthcare system having found (after much experimentation) an effective treatment for TBI (traumatic brain injury)and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). The show demonstrated how a...
by johannasr2 | Nov 4, 2024 | Childhood Abuse, Family, Incest, Psychology, Response to Trauma
Johanna Baynard Oct 26, 2024 Have you ever looked at someone’s school pictures and noticed a sequence of pictures where a dramatic change has occurred? It doesn’t look like a good change. The first picture is a laughing child and then the next picture is a not-child...
by johannasr2 | Jul 31, 2024 | Change, Family, Feelings, Love, Parenting, Relationships
That is the question for young people today. I’m asking to comment on this question, as it is one that has occurred in my home many times. The very first thing I want to mention is this, there is no greater love and no greater commitment than that of a parent to a...
by johannasr2 | Jun 21, 2024 | Change, Fibromyalgia, Health Care, My Illness
To the Emergency Department Management Team: I want you to know that I came to the Emergency Department because I desperately need a diagnosis to explain my extreme fatigue. I have fibromyalgia and I am experienced with exhaustion, how it happens and how to prevent...
by johannasr2 | May 29, 2024 | Change, Family, Fibromyalgia, My Illness, Psychology
I learned to grieve early. But not about me. I learned to grieve about relationships, losing them. And the worst, losing people I loved. Sometimes, as difficult, was losing people I hated. I quickly lost people that I had spent lifetimes with. We all changed; we went...