COVID-19: MS; Children; Mental health Resources
Fear and anxiety about COVID-19 can take an emotional toll. If you worry about what could happen, it can be overwhelming and cause strong emotions in adults and children and make people feel isolated and lonely. However, you are not powerless. Coping with stress in a healthy way can help you get through this difficult time and will make you, the people you care about, and your community stronger.
COVID-19, I need to curse for a minute
I've had it with some people's coronavirus apathy. As a result, you'll find more cathartic curse words in this one article than there have been in the last nine years of writing IMSM. Why now? People's meaningless line of indifference towards societal norms & the greater good in some people. Case in point, watch this disorganised, disgraceful lot.
Life after summer
As the days grow shorter and temperatures colder, it is time to welcome autumn, and what should be a small new lease of life. There is nothing more comforting and relaxing than seeing daylight fade early in the evening. Darkness captures me, telling me it’s time to cuddle up on the couch, book in hand, comfy blanket to warm my feet and a hot cup of coffee to warm my hands. Candlelight shadows perform magic dances on the wall, and I slowly feel energy being restored inside my body. My Dr. Martens boots have been standing idle in a corner of my bedroom, waiting to be walked in again. My winter coat never left the clothes rail in the hallway, covered by a light canvas to keep it from fading.…
Happiness and MS
In short, I felt like gutting my immune system from my entrails. My mind from my brain. And my eyes' life experiences dunked in a glass jar filled with ethanol. Life with MS. Nobody said it would be easy. Or, straightforward.
Body image and MS, fake or not
The assumption that of the many invisible symptoms associated with MS, some can be faked - as if they're digitally pasted on someone - is flabbergastingly prejudiced and foolish. It portrays a clear lack of understanding of what MS as a neurodegenerative illness is and what its impact is one those living with it.
MS and PTSD: not all in your head
Life with MS is an is an ever-changing intimate tale of loss and redemption and of love and forgiveness within your relationship with yourself. Not one day should be the same, and not one minute can go lost to idle words or feelings.
MS + single on Valentine’s Day?
You can channel your inner delightfully, dazzling diva while wearing pyjamas, dog-shaped winter socks, leg warmers and your turban hair towel.
