Man up!
“The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure... you are above everything distressing.” (Baruch Spinoza)
Oh, snap!
"Also, because of the long, warm summer days, Uhthoff's Symptoms, also referred to as Phenomenon or heat sensitivity, means that I am rather slow in the upstairs department, which eventually lead to predicament B. My days are unquestionably not dull nor tranquil, so."
MS News: July 2016
The latest news on MS research, clinical trials, treatments, mental health, diet, exercise, lifestyle as well as business news and videos.
40 Self-care strategies
We all get preoccupied with our personal, social and professional life sometimes. In doing so, we often forget that self-care is quite important. After all, ‘mens sana in corpore sano’ or ‘a healthy mind in a healthy body’ is one of the biggest and best gifts you can give yourself. For those less fortunate in the health department – including yours truly – you can adopt a few easy steps to make yourself feel better physically, mentally and emotionally. You can only move forward in life when you take ownership of everything in it, my mantra is ‘Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.‘ With that in mind, so, practising below hints makes them a lot easier to follow. Morning Wake up…
Mental or physical, your choice
"Is life with MS that comfortable, then? God, no. Absolutely not. You just have to learn how to live with it. Somehow I found a way to tap goodness from those negative connotations because I listened to its actual narrative by refusing to make a mountain out of a molehill. So, even when facial pain is also called “the suicide disease”, even when MS fatigue can knock me senseless in less than five minutes, and even when I feel awful inside despite not looking sick, I am just cool with the whole lot because there simply is no other way."
MS News: June 2016
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GUEST POST: Using Social Media to Connect With Other MSers
Guest contributor Debra Robert: "The beauty of social media is that there is no right or wrong way to engage."