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Five Books to Fight Fibromyalgia

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Sharing a list of books that have helped me and other fibromyalgia and chronic pain survivors. I shall be sharing reviews of these books, and my own experience of working with them as separate stories. I shall also be adding new lists.

In the meantime I have linked each book to its Goodreads page and urge you to take a good look at readers’ response to these books.

Book List #1

Healing Back Pain by John Sarno

You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay

Molecules of Emotion by Candace Pert

Dynamic Laws of Healing by Catherine Ponder

Freedom from Fibromyalgia by Nancy Selfridge

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The right books will provide knowledge, courage and companionship on your fibromyalgia journey

How to Work With Books in List #1:

Sequence: Work with books in a sequential order. Working with multiple books simultaneously has not proved effective for me.

Suitability: You are unique and so is your set of fibromyalgia symptoms. Working with certain books will prove more effective for you than with others. Look long and hard at their Goodreads and Amazon review and try to match your symptoms with the ones a particular book claims to help with.

Judgement: Try and answer for yourself: Do you believe in(i) the mind-body connection, or (ii) solid scientific facts explaining the physiology of fibromyalgia, or (iii) a book with worksheets and a clear path. Now examine each book’s Goodreads and Amazon reviews carefully to find the ones most in line with your belief system. Start there.

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Wants to be a good writer?

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“If you want to be a writer,

you must do two things above all others:

read a lot and write a lot.”

― Stephen King

लेखक ब्लॉक

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 लेखन के दौरान कभी-कभी  लिखना कठिन हो जाता है। समझ नहीं आता क्या लिखें, कैसे लिखें।

यह तब होता है

जब आपके काल्पनिक दोस्त ,चरित्र या  पात्र आपसे बात करना बंद कर देते हैं !!!  

इसे हीं लेखक ब्लॉक कहते हैं। 

WRITERS BLOCK

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when your imaginary friends

and

characters  stop talking to you !!!

 

 

Resolution Bank – 3

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Here is a list of Resolutions for new year.

Select them as per your choice or add the ones you find important to your list of resolutions. It will help us in getting a happy and positive life and balance our flow of happy hormones.

 

* Discover your passion- Experience a joyful state
*Hobbies are good friends.
*Learn to enjoy the “flow” of life – good & bad are its part.
*Listen to soothing music.
* Spiritual practices are good for greater meaning in our lives.
* Follow your passion.
* Accept and let go issues troubling you.
* Happiness Project and happy lifestyle – cultivate them.
* Take Healthy food.
* Good night rituals before going for sound sleep.
* When in sad mood trick your mind by watching funny/ interesting programme or by reading   a book of your choice.
* Go for healthy competition.
* Do not tax yourself with killing competition.
* Do not cheat or betray people.
* Do not over burden yourself.
* Reward yourself by leisure, reading,writing , travel…..
* Enjoy nature.
* Avoid negative company.
* Stay away from unhappy and abusive relationships
* Do not expect others to change – work on your pleasure and meaningful life .

 

 

Have a wonderful last day of the year and Happy New year !!!!!!

Resolution Bank – 2

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Here is a list of Resolutions for new year.

Select them as per your choice or add the ones you find important to your list of resolutions. It will help us in getting a happy and positive life and balance our flow of happy hormones.

 

* Train your mind to think positive.
* Think and write positive things of your life.
* When feeling negative shift attention on other things.
* Do not run away , but  face the Challenges.
* Express your heart.
* If possible, develop close friendship.
* Express Gratitude: Say “thank you” n feel thankful for everything you have.
* Grow Hope.
* Enrich relationships and cultivate positive emotions.
*Cultivate kindness. People who care for others on a consistent basis seem to be happier and   less depressed.
* Be caring
* Do yoga / walk / exercise for sound body & sound mind
* Meditate
*Take deep breath – It will increase oxygen level and hence energy in you.

 

Have a wonderful last day of the year and Happy New year !!!!!!

 

Resolution Bank -1

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Here is a list of Resolutions for new year.

Select them as per your choice or add the ones you find important to your list of resolutions. It will help us in getting a happy and positive life and balance our flow of happy hormones.

 

* Be honest with yourself.
* Try to Assess yourself honestly.
* Review you own actions before judging others.
* Try to put yourself in other’s shoes.
* Be patient .

* Accept yourself as you are.
* Be yourself – you are Beautiful.
* love yourself before loving others.
* Realise your strength & Focus on them.
* Discover and use your strengths.
* Develop positive power/ability in yourself – critical thinking, humanity, justice etc.
* Accept and work on your weaknesses.
* Express yourself.
* learn to say NO when needed.
* Share Smile.

 

Have a wonderful last day of the year and  Happy New year !!!!!!

 

How I healed my anxiety and depression NATURALLY

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Mental Health: Switching Meds – My Experience

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My blog has always been an open and honest safe space, where mental illness can be discussed without judgment. Something I haven’t discussed on here before is my medication. I have been taking medication for generalised anxiety disorder with depressive and obsessive episodes for around 5 years. In that time I have switched medication a total of three times, each time very different. When I was switching I looked for other bloggers that had written about their experiences switching meds – I couldn’t find any, so I thought I would write one.

A Little disclaimer – I am just a patient sharing my experience of various medicines and I am definitely not a medical professional. Everyone reacts to different medications differently.

Medication 1: Citalopram (Celexa, Cipramil)

Citalopram is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) – meaning it should increase the amount of serotonin in the brain as well as regulate serotonin levels.

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Spirituality n Psychology 

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Spirituality says –  let it go. 

It is possible for great souls but difficult for a common man.

Psychology says – let it be 

Means accept yourself and everything as they are.

Club the both – 

First  accept every thing as they are

and then let it go.

and it will go gradually