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Coping with the Holidays
The overall secret sauce to great holidays is planning. I want to say that there are some things that you can do and I am sure that there are. I also want to say that part of coping with the holidays is to understand that you will be very tired when it’s over....
How American Healthcare Gets it Wrong
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...
Female Signs of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Telling signs that a woman has suffered from childhood sexual abuse. Trauma Responses can be mixed and unexpected.
Having Children, Or Not?
Why do we have children and should we? A brief look at the current statistics and costs of child bearing.
20 June 2024 My Diagnostic Nightmare
Diagnosis can elude you and make you suffer for longer than you need to. That can cause a disconnect with healthcare providers who can’t figure it out.
Grieving my Body in Illness
How do you grieve your body of yesterday? It takes a moment and some thoughtfulness
You Can’t Boycott Medication
I really wish that Ralph Nader was back. I was a child when he was doing his work, but what I remember is the word boycott. When companies were being unfair in their business practices or when products were no good for you, we were told, don’t spend your money there....
And Then I Was Done
Mothering Addiction And You’re so Angry With Me Why? You could have asked me any question, at any time. You didn’t. Instead, you used the time to attack, to bruise, to hit. You didn’t seem to care that you were doing as awful damage as anyone to anyone. I am 60,...
Rejection is not my Sadness
NGC1097 by ERIS Too much of my life in sadness. Living my life in fear of having sadness, running from one sadness to the next. There is this sadness that burns through me and doesn’t leave. I felt it this morning. I have had such rejection as cannot be measured it is...
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