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Underestimating Strength and Chronic Pain (i.e. What Doesn’t Kill You…)
Part of my gym membership includes two personal training sessions with the handsome trainer at the gym who seemed nice…until he tortured me for half an hour, that is. I recently took advantage of one...
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Survivor’s Guilt, Traumatic Events and Chronic Pain
Survivor’s Guilt. Wikipedia says, “Survivor, survivor’s, or survivors guilt or syndrome is a mental condition that occurs when a person perceives themselves to have done wrong by surviving a traumatic...
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Making Friends with Your Pain
I was talking to a friend a while back and he said, “It must be difficult to live with pain.” As many of you know, I have drastically changed my way of thinking and living when it comes to my...
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Holiday Depression (i.e.- I don’t feel “Merry and Bright”)
This time of year, when everything is supposed to be “merry and bright,” can be an incredibly painful, lonely and depressing time of year for so many people. This has been, by far, the most difficult...
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Merry Melancholy Part 2 (i.e. how to combat holiday blues)
In my last post I spoke about Merry Melancholy and why the holidays are not always so happy. As I am suffering from both physical and emotional pain, especially during this time of year, I have put...
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Merry Melancholy (i.e. I feel less than happy during the holidays)
Maybe I am the Grinch. Maybe Scrooge had it right when he said “Bah-Humbug.” What is it about the most wonderful time of the year that makes it so depressing? My home is decorated beautifully. The...
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Opiate Withdrawal (Outpatient): Slow and Steady Wins the Race
Several months ago I made the conscious decision to cut back on the narcotics I was taking to control my chronic pain. For two and a half years I have been prescribed a variety of medications,...
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Having a Disability and Its Affects on Relationships
Having a disability, be it medical or psychological, can put a strain on relationships. I am not just talking about marriages or romantic relationships. All forms of communication and relationships...
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Dear daughter, about your future husband
Tracy Rydzy, MSW, LSW:What a beautiful message… Originally posted on love story from the male perspective: A Daddy’s Letter to His Little Girl (About Her Future Husband) by Dr. Kelly Flanagan Dear...
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What I Learned Through My Divorce and Moving On
Me- Pre-Divorce Me- Post-Divorce On Monday I was released, officially, of my marriage. I am divorced. I have prepared myself emotionally and mentally to say that, so I do so with some sense of...
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