Motivational Monday

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~Let’s Start This Week With A HUGE Smile~

Happy Monday y’all! I hope you had a nice and safe weekend. My weekend did not go exactly the way I had planned because I did want to complete a post I started about Multiple Sclerosis but honestly did not have the energy needed. I think I might have been a little overly exhausted from the week and did not want to halfway write a post, especially one so meaningful to me. What I will say is, I will finish this post early this week and will not rush through it because I want to provide you with the best information I possibly can. It is amazing how one week can take so much out of us.

I was pretty stressed about a power issue we have in our house. Last week, on Thursday, the power in our basement only stopped working…

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Tranquil Tuesday

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Happy Tuesday y’all! We have already made it through one day this week and only have a few more to go before the weekend is here again. How has your week been so far? I had to go to a typically follow up appointment yesterday with my pain doctor. I really like the Nurse Practitioner because she is so kind and listens to me when I tell her the way I am feeling. I do not know about you, but I tend to like the NP better than the doctor because they take their time and are better with patient care. The appointment went well and I do not have to go back for three months!

We are all living in troubling times where there are so many hateful feelings and unfair treatment around the globe. It is not easy to deal with, but we do have to find a…

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Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month

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As you read this post, please be advised that I am not a medical professional. The information in this post is based on the research I have done since being diagnosed with this disease 20 years ago. The one thing about this disease that is important to understand is, it is extremely unpredictable and everyone, no matter what type of MS they have experiences it different. It does not matter if two people have the same type of MS, everyone experiences and deals with it differently.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that means that the body’s immune system attacks its tissues. This is a very unpredictable disease, and everyone experiences it differently. In this post, I am going to explain the four different types of MS and the distinctive characteristics of each type.

Radiologically Isolated Syndrome (RIS), is not considered part of the MS path, but has…

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Pick Me Up Thursday

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~It Is Finally Friday Eve~

How has your week been so far? My week has been an emotional roller-coaster. I told you earlier in the week that our older cat, Chloe, had been diagnosed with early-stage kidney failure a few years ago and seemed to not be doing so well in the past few days. Initially, her doctor’s appointment was scheduled for today, but on Tuesday night I noticed what looked to be blood in the litter box, so I called the vet frantic and requested her an earlier appointment. My husband and I took her to the vet yesterday morning to have her checked out. They drew blood, sent the blood for testing, and gave her fluids, and sent her home with us. I am supposed to hear from the doctor today before noon and if I do not, believe me, I will call them! The one thing the…

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My COVID Vaccine Experience

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~To Get The Vaccine OR To Not Get The Vaccine~

On Saturday morning, with an incredibly special thank you to my wonderful husband, I was finally able to get the COVID vaccine. If I had waited for either my specialist or the governor of the state, I live in to get this vaccine, I am sure I would have been waiting until at least summer. I do understand the need for front line workers and elderly individuals to be among the first to get the vaccine. However, I also think people with a weak immune system should be able to get the vaccine as well. Truthfully, it is not just because I have a weak immune system but those with a weak immune system can become deathly ill with this virus. I guess in a sense it is a blessing this vaccine was created so quickly, but it is also…

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We Are In This Together

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~Together We Can Make A Difference~

We have all been going through the same struggles and fears since the beginning of 2020. We have probably all been staying home and avoiding any contact with others outside of our home because of COVID-19. Is it just me or does it feel like we are all on house arrest? I sometimes think that actual house arrest offers more freedom than we have seen over the last several LONG months. Truthfully, it has been a lot more than just several months and more like a year! There is a chance I am wrong, but I think if things were handled differently at the beginning of the pandemic, we would not still be experiencing the hardships and isolation we are today. I am pretty sure I have said this a million times before, but the Trump administration this took place under failed miserably.

I…

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Tranquil Tuesday

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~Find Peace Within Each Day~

Happy Tuesday y’all! I hope 2021 is starting off well for you and you are enjoying the year so far! In previous years, my first day back to work after the new year I always had a hard time remembering the year change, but am finding it very easy to remember now. I guess it is because I was very ready to end 2020! I will admit to y’all, my first day back to work after the long weekend was not all that great, but I am not going to allow that to get me down and will keep pushing forward! It can be easy to let a bad day get you down in the dumps, but that does not solve anything!

We have just made it through one day of the first workweek in 2021! Even though this does leave us four…

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Pick Me Up Thursday

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~Don’t Look At Today As Thursday, It’s Friday Eve~

Smile and know this, we have almost made it through the week! The weekend is so close now, you can almost smell the relaxation it holds for us! Some days feel like they will never end because they were so busy, but no matter how insane the day felt, that day will eventually end, and something good will come out of it.

Normally, Monday is the day everyone says was not all that great, but for me yesterday almost felt like a bad Monday on steroids! It just seemed like everyone was demanding something I could not do and no one cared if it what they wanted was possible or not. Considering we do one final day of the week to get through, I thought we could use a little pick me up! I hope the quote I am sharing will…

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~Let It Go Friday~

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~The Week Is Finally Over & We Can Enjoy The Weekend!~

Happy Friday and all I can say is I am SO glad the week is over and the weekend is finally here! For some reason this week has been excruciatingly long and painful. I do like when my days are busy at work, but working almost 40 hours in 4 days is insane! I don’t know about y’all, but I am looking forward to the weekend with hopefully NO more political chaos and lunatic behaviors.

Now that we have almost made it to the weekend, we must learn how to let go of the craziness the week brought us. There is absolutely no need to ruin the short weekend with our work-week business! These next two short days must be spent doing what brings us the most happiness and peace because they do fly by so fast. This means…

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~July COVID-19 Information~

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~The Truth About COVID-19~

I have honestly debated with myself for the past week if I should or shouldn’t write this because I want to steer clear of negativity as much as I possibly can. I must have started and stopped writing this at least 15 times, but I do feel this information is crucial and really needs to be shared as much as possible for the safety of human lives. There have already been so many people that lost their lives because of this virus and things urgently need to change.

My husband is a wonderful man and has always been very supportive of my writing and dreams of doing more with it. For the first time when I explained to him earlier in the week what I was planning to write about he actually deterred me from writing anything negative about the president. Let me clarify this…

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Wednesday’s Random Thoughts

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My Random Thoughts

Happy Wednesday y’all. I hope you are having a great week, you are feeling well, and of course, you are staying safe. I keep telling myself to stop obsessing about new COVID-19 cases in the city I live in, but yet I continue monitoring the massive increases daily. It doesn’t make any sense why I keep doing this because all it does is upset me and keep me stressed. I do not leave the house most days unless it is necessary and when I do, I always wear my mask inside places like the grocery store. It blows my mind how many people do not wear a mask and hardly ever respect social distancing. I am not sure which irritates me more, the carelessness of not wearing a mask, or the complete lack of awareness for social distancing. I was thrilled to hear the city I live…

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Intense Intimate Trauma — Adi’s Wings

“Stop telling yourself you can fix him. He’s been this way for a long, long time and he doesn’t intend to change. Don’t be a sacrificial lamb on the altar of his rage. Don’t play the martyr to his hate. You can never save someone by letting them destroy you. That’s not love, it’s […]

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Why You Should Never Stop Fighting

Last weekend, I went to Michigan, with my boyfriend and I learned a very important lesson. My boyfriend and I were walking on a boardwalk while the sun was setting. The sun was in the process of dipping into the cool blue lake. The air was warm but the sight was breathtaking. As we were…

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Chronically Fearless — Life with an Illness

I have some extremely good news! After a lot of hard work, dedication, and long nights working- I have officially opened my new online retail store, Chronically Fearless! Chronically Fearless represents strength, the will to never give up, and of course being fearless. The goal of my brand is to inspire others, spread awareness, and…

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Midweek Motivation — Life with an Illness

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Weekend Music Share: The Moody Blues, Have You Heard — Art by Rob Goldstein

‘Have you heard’ by the Moody Blues was one of my favorite songs as a teen. Listening to it again decades later, it seems wise and strangely euphoric. This post is part of the weekend music share at Hugh’s Views and News ‘I Follow the Void’ (c) Rob Goldstein 2019

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Then Agony of Ecstasy-40 — Return of Dragons

Curiosity is the lust of the mind. Thomas Hobbes Bound to Wolves scene 40 The sound of the stool creaking on the floor of the bath under a sudden weight jolted Dari out of her introspection. She looked up into the penetrating gaze of Ras’ stoic face. He studied her, saw her nakedness under the […]

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The Agony of Ecstasy-38 — Return of Dragons

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Into The Past Scene 38 Hunger. Ravenous pangs gave rise to frantic craving in Dari’s struggle to remain quiet and noble before her gracious hosts. She knew the arrival of the body’s needs drive the […]

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#WordlessWednesday: Chinatown, San Francisco — Art by Rob Goldstein

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Let it go Friday! — Fightmsdaily

Good morning y’all! It has been a very long week, but thankfully Friday is finally here! I have been waiting so patiently for today and to finally have a real weekend, not the partial weekend like I had last week. Only having one weekend day off and still having to work 40 hours during the […]

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Everyday — Owning It

Every morning, same routine: pose for a progress photo. Find my abs, turn on my left leg, flex hard, find the shield, flex hard, flex hard. Take the shot. Every morning I see myself as strong and muscular. I am not the most, nor the biggest. Where I am on the spectrum isn’t important. That […]

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Felique Dupré in the Haunted World: Among the French Cymbalists — Art by Rob Goldstein

(symbol.crash) She has strolled the twenty yards among the desperate Italians who sleep on fine couches beneath that crummy hotel over Washington Square. The wind as a Southern Storm lifts her up to the land of wildflowers and Irish seascapes. Flemish belles wring A clarion call! An armistice! And Felique is alone on a subway […]

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Pick-Me-Up Thursday! — Fightmsdaily

Good morning y’all! I hope you have had a fantastic week and you are feeling well. I am very happy this week is coming to an end and the weekend is approaching us because I did not really have a weekend last week. Only having one day off and then face another week just isn’t […]

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Motivational Monday! — Fightmsdaily

Good morning y’all! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and you were able to enjoy every moment of it. My weekend was short because of working on Saturday, but Sunday was pretty relaxing. I will say I wish I could have just one more day like Sunday because I think it would help my […]

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Sometimes | Simple as — Owning It

Why do you do the things you do? I’ve taken a meandering path for a sweet nugget of insight. “I can hardly believe how good you got at hating yourself” These words came in hard and piercing. It was during a casual conversation with a friend about my physique. I mentioned my relief to be […]

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The Agony of Ecstasy-36 — Return of Dragons

I have lost friends, some by death…others by sheer inability to cross the street. Virginia Woolf The Wolf-Master’s Daughter Scene 36 Their picture together had lost its sharp detail, painted with nuances of memory as clear and palpable as the sun shining through a break in the dark forest reflecting one’s gaze from a fervent […]

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Mental Health: When the Narcissist is Normalized — Art by Rob Goldstein

In this post I use ‘we’ instead of ‘I’ because my subjective experience is that of multiple separate people. The children of pathological narcissists must blind themselves to behaviors that healthy people consider unspeakable. Food deprivation, the killing of pets, theft, forced sex, gaslighting and other forms of psychological abuse and the threat of psychological […]

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The Wet Sheets — Art by Rob Goldstein

Warning: this piece contains strong language A sliver of glass I leapt from my Father’s eye reflecting a Mother that didn’t exist. Cigarette butts rose to Heaven, thunder formed my torso. Dust blew through an umbilicus and collected to form fingers and lips. Here is my birth: In the ghettos of Charleston my Daddy beat […]

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Guilty of Being Sick: Mentally Ill behind bars — Art by Rob Goldstein

The U.S. mental health system treats all mental illness as short-term, easy to solve problems of ‘behavior’. Most mental health coverage in the U.S. rules out long-term hospital stays, as well as long-term psychotherapy. For profit psychiatry took the treatment protocols for substance abuse disorders and decided to use them for everyone, regardless of diagnosis. […]

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Nor a Bird More Pure — Art by Rob Goldstein

I soar above the red rooftops of the City above the steeples of the Mission Dolores Church below the dusty ledges of the Transamerica Pyramid there never was a sky more blue nor a bird more pure. Image and text (c) Rob Goldstein 2017-2019

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I Wear the Sun — Art by Rob Goldstein

i want to strip & spread a blanket on the Boulevard in Santa Monica and sip a Coke and wear Dark Glasses and bleach the tips of my hair and pretend everyone thinks i wear the sun Rob Goldstein 2015-2019

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Motivational Monday! — Fightmsdaily

Good morning y’all! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and you are ready for another week. Can you believe June is more than half way over? I have heard that time flies when you are having fun, but it flies regardless of fun or not! I already shared with y’all that last week was […]

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Ten Tips for Blogging With DID — Art by Rob Goldstein

Here are my top 10 tips for blogging with DID. Never leave a negative comment on someone’s blog. Never make a commitment you can’t keep. Never apologize for speaking your truth. Take responsibility when you are wrong. Learn as much as you can and keep learning. Thank people when they visit your blog. Be grateful […]

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The Agony of Ecstasy-35 — Return of Dragons

Vanya is drawn deeper into Moira’s web.

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A riot and a boy — Owning It

To know Now…

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Spindle — Guest Blogger TheFeatheredSleep

Sometimes love is a sadness a mark against sun warm rain stored tears sometimes on the best of days you cannot find joy love can hurt like a sting reminder never forgotten It us better to have felt all my pain and ecstasy than feel nothing and sometimes I see your eyes graze over me […]

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Being triggered sucks — Guest Blogger My life as a dissociative

I dissociated last night. I went to boxing and it really triggered me. It was a fighters class. A woman I was partnered with in the sparring warm up drills was really tough and going at me quite hard. I kept freezing and not being able to respond, instead I just got hit lots. The […]

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My 3 Year Chronic Illness Anniversary — Life with an Illness

Around this time 3 years ago, my life changed forever and I didn’t even know it at the time. I remember the day it happened like it was yesterday. I was a very active person. At the time I was attending college- where I had just gotten accepted into the respiratory therapy program ( something […]

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The Agony of Ecstasy-34 — Return of Dragons

Now this is the Law of the Jungle — as old and as true as the sky; the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die. Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book Alexandra Scene 34 Ten hard men came out of their chairs and stood at the heavy […]

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Your Body Hears Everything Your Mind Says — Chronic Pain with a Higher Perspective

The positive thoughts help me keep perspective of my situation, and that is something we all need in our lives.

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Turnaround — A Patient Voice

It’s time for me to take my caregiver spirit which by nature I apply to others because it is good and feels right and take that caregiver spirit and turn it around and apply it to me.

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Flow ’74, Notes — Owning It

Pretend you are worth it, you will come to know you are.

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Flow ’74 — Owning It

2 years ago I came out on Facebook as a rape survivor.

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Antibiotics, Lyme and Candida — Guest Blogger Pride IN Justice

Yeast overgrowth is a common concern for Lyme patients who undergo long-term antibiotic therapy and certain herbal antimicrobial treatments. Or in my case any type of treatment with antibiotics, even if for a short time only. Several antibiotics pose a great risk of destroying intestinal health, allowing yeast to flourish. One such yeast is Candida. […]

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Tim Fogliano | Mania Phase of Bipolar Disorder — Guest Blogger Tim Fogliano Psychiatrist New York

Sometimes neglecting minor symptoms can lead to serious diseases like bipolar diseases. Most people are not aware of bipolar disease which actually related to changes in moods. The mania phase of bipolar disorder includes excessive high level of energy and activity. People who deal with such disorder actually experience racing thoughts, and difficulty concentrating, a […]

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When The Good Is Gone — A Patient Voice

I have always tried to be good but it seems there were always people trying to do me bad. Was I asking for it? Were the looking for it? Questions, answers unknown. I have always tried to be good but I think the good is gone. I mourn the loss, I cry my tears I […]

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Pick-Me-Up Thursday! — Fightmsdaily

Good morning y’all! I hope you have had a great week and you are feeling well. This week has really taken it’s tole on me and left me feeling not only frustrated, but with LOTS of pain! Of course for me pain is just a normal thing, but for some reason it has been out […]

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Mental Health Awareness Month — Guest Blogger #MILLENNIALLIFECRISIS

Hey Self, I know you’ve been a little down lately. I know you’re struggling. I know that things really don’t seem like they’re ever going to turn around for the better. Please here me when I say this: KEEP GOING. Please, keep going. There will come a time when this will all be a distant […]

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Men and Mental Health — Guest Blogger Blind Injustice

There needs to be a conversation around men and mental health, and this post hopes to be part of the conversation.

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