Public health is about prevention, awareness, and creating communities where everyone can thrive. For people living with fibromyalgia, that means better understanding, access to care, and less stigma. Awareness leads to change. 💜 #PublicHealthWeek #Fibromyalgia #HealthEquity #ChronicPain

Public health is about prevention, awareness, and creating communities where everyone can thrive.

For people living with fibromyalgia, that means better understanding, access to care, and less stigma.

Awareness leads to change. 💜

#PublicHealthWeek #Fibromyalgia #HealthEquity #ChronicPain

Chronically Healthy, Chronically Ill Living with a chronic illness, I’ve traveled between the kingdom of health and the kingdom of sickness.

"This #life is a dance, 1 foot in & 1 foot out of these two kingdoms [of #sickness & #health ], or else poised perfectly in btwn, sometimes enjoying a pirouette in one, sometimes hunched over in the other, being spun here & there.": buff.ly/UhpR8DE

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#ChronicPain #disability

I wish Tyler understood more about how much adrenaline masks pain and how delayed it can be. 😔 #chronicpain #spoonie #neisvoid #medsky #disability

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#ChronicPain #AcuteInjury #GutHealth #EDS #MCAS #CosmeticAcupuncture #Skincare #ScarRevision #MensHealth #PreventiveCare 💕 #Wellness

You know my knee pain is above a 7 because i put the heating pad on.

#chronicpain #genx #arthritissucks #justafact #whatdoyoumeanwhenitstopshurting

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Current status: Me and my hot water bottle against my body mutinying (and the body is winning 😭)
#chronicpain

Many treatment strategies for #chronicpain and #injury are based on the idea of TOUGHENING UP tissues. These are the "provocation therapies." They claim to cure with small doses of damage. It’s an emotionally compelling treatment idea that's pervasive in our culture, and expressed in maaaany ways:

Pain is my shadow; connection is my spotlight. #ChronicPain

A picture of a women with her eye closed and headphones on relaxation on her sofa.

What is your favourite way to relax?

Want to get started? ➡️https://bit.ly/4bPB3RL

#MondayMotivation #ChronicPain #Relaxation #SelfManagement

“When I think of the “busy” that I miss in my life—it’s the feeling after busy. Of getting home and plopping onto the couch because I’m tired from activity and interaction, not because of a full day of physical pain and #fatigue.” https://buff.ly/4ej7do5 #ChronicallyIll #ChronicPain #Spoonie

Do you know? #chronicpain #anxiety #pain #panicattack #spoonie #fibromyalgia #chronicfatigue #painrelief #suffering #spoonielife #mindbody #mentalhealth #ibs #migraines #healing #chronicpainawareness #neuroplastic #painmanagement #recovery #disability #crps #health #depression #backpain

Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains what we do — and still don't — know about pain "Pain is a mysterious thing," says neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta. But understanding how it works in the body and different kinds of treatment can help you find the right pain relief when you need it.

Pain isn’t just physical—it’s shaped by the brain too 💛

Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains how understanding pain differently could change how we manage it.

👉 www.npr.org/2026/04/04/n...

#ChronicPain #SpoonieLife

Ouch! This neuropathy in my hands and arms is like hot Raynauds. I’m not sure which is worse!

It’s starting to feel like perhaps I’ve entered the first circle of Hell.

#neuropathy #chronicpain

“Chronic illness often asks you to become a different person than you were planning to be. That grief is quiet, but it runs deep.”

#chronicillness #chronicpain #fibro

I feel nothing. I feel weight. The weight of nothing bearing down on my chest, crushing against my lungs. Breathing requires conscious effort, as my body has forgotten its natural rhythm.

"I feel nothing. I feel weight. The weight of nothing bearing down on my chest, crushing against my lungs. Breathing requires conscious effort, as my body has forgotten its natural rhythm": buff.ly/04DLdQe

#depression #MentalIllness #ChronicPain #MondayBlogs #NEisVoid #disabled #BadDay

My Recovery Time for Simultaneous Bilateral Patellar Tendon Rupture — What happens when you have Lupus, and are on long-term steroid therapy.

"To me, it was just part of a regular #Lupus or #Sjogrens #PainFlare. That is a huge problem with chronic, #autoimmune disorders..You often get so used to living with pain that you sometimes don’t notice when a pain is ‘not normal’ anymore.": buff.ly/Tpp5EEN

#ChronicPain #MondayBlogs #disability

I keep stopping myself from answering rhetorical questions, but im too high to have a coherent White Rhino in the room.

#mmj #weedfam #stonerBroad #chronicpain

How Do You Express Chronic Pain? An artist, a musician, and a dancer show us with their creative work just how their bodies feel when their chronic pain flares up.

Sunday #Stories: Some people living with #ChronicPain have turned to art to capture what they’re going through. This is the story of three such artists.

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Health coaching, Edu-coaching, Consultation: The Which and Why and When for People with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Working with a health coach can be one of the most affirming, valuable, inspiring things you can do when you decide that yes, it i…

Which resonates most for you?

#BlogPost #HealthCoach #EduCoach #Consultations #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #EDS #hEDS #MCAS #HolisticHealth 💕 #Wellness

Alan Brewington | Personal Blog and Insights on Health, Lifestyle, and Beyond Healthcare talks about transformation, but patients are still left out of the team. As a chronic patient, I explore why true outcomes depend on collaborating with patients—not just treating them.

Enhanced Care models are not transformative, a Collaborative Care model would be. Today's new post is one of my most #Medx based yet, I'm proud of how this turned out. #EnhancedCare #ValueBasedCare #ChronicPain www.alanbrewington.com/blog/2026/4/5/w406spa8fr0uhnhy68dduld83hhauu

Why I Needed a Blogging Break and How it Helped - Despite Pain A couple of years ago, I realised I needed a break from blogging, and I eventually gave myself permission to do that. I was tired — physically, mentally, and emotionally. At first, I thought a few…

"When u know of people who are facing unimaginable #challenges, it’s easy to start believing your own #struggles don’t matter as much. But that isn’t true — #health isn’t a competition & everyone’s #experience is valid.": buff.ly/boAnhJA

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#ChronicPain #Blogger #BloggingCommunity

my body is confusing and exhausting sometimes, but streaming gives me something to look forward to. even on bad health days, being here with people makes things feel a little lighter 🦇🩸
#ChronicPain #StreamingLife #CommunityMatters #YouAreNotAlone

Crap. He's still alive (allegedly - I think Miller is losing his mind trying to keep something bad under wraps and is the one screaming on truth social actually).
Today, I plan to weed (ugh, it NEVER ENDS), cook a big pot of black beans to separate and freeze into packets, and paint🤞🏻. #ChronicPain ♿

*collapses and sputters, all 4 humors explode, bones evaporate in a fine mist*
W-Wait, why are you calling an ambulance? This is normal. This is one of my good days.

#ChronicPain #PAINGANG #disability #HealthStruggles

chronic illness is forever unpredictable. We must ride out the storm. Today. Tomorrow. Every day. #Chronicillness #Chronicpain

#StarTrekFirstContact is playing next in the #ChronicLoaf stream

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#StarTrek #FirstContactDay #neisvoid #insomnia #ChronicPain #DisCo #ForTinu #spoonie #MutualAidMovies

April 2019: Tiring First Quarter Being Muggle Sick It's been a tiring year so far for me, with 'normal' illnesses in addition to 'regular' chronic pain. I will need some calm this April 2019.

"When you get ‘normal’ #sicknesses on top of your ‘regular’ daily #ChronicPain, life can feel like a chore in itself. Like rotten garnishing to your usual stew of issues. Getting out of bed now takes not just double the effort, but triple, maybe more." — Throwback to #April 2019!

All this morning’s work came together nicely.

Problem with these meals are that they’re delicious, but it’s a lot of work, so I’m in insane, immobilizing amounts of pain, and there are no leftovers to carry me over into a recovery day. #ChronicPain

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You’re seeing 5% of the reality.

The other 95%?
It’s hidden — because no one makes space for it.

Before you judge someone’s pain… understand that survival often looks like “fine.”

#InvisibleIllness #ChronicPain

Community Voices: Dominique McGinn "Living with pain, skin injuries, and cEDS." My name is Dominique McGinn, I am a Primary School teacher from Scotland. I am 25 years old and was diagnosed with classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (cEDS) at age 3. My dad and younger brother also…

It's worldwide and everyone has their own experience with it.

#Scotland #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #EDS #MCAS #POTS #HolisticHealth
💕 #Wellness