5 Mental Health Touchpoints for Living Well
Babette Reeves, MA, MSW, LCSW, shares mental health tools for caring for ourselves in ways that are protective, healing, and strengthening despite the threats around...
Mental Health
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Volunteering is a great thing for the mind!
Jason details how volunteering with Myositis Support and Understanding improved his attitude and depression and helped him find a passion in helping others.
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Kept Promises – “Love Never Fails”
My husband honors his vow; in sickness and health. But for me, when will I no longer grieve the person I once was? The girl...
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Going out of my head
Over the last 3 years of dealing with necrotizing autoimmune myopathy (NAM) I have really tried to get better at asking for help. It's still...
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Pain Never Sleeps
It is a strange thing to find yourself with tears flowing but not quite realizing why; for me, this has been my experience with the...
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Why, why, WHY?
My little man peppers me all day with so many questions. It made me realize just how many of my own I have.
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The Other Pain of Living With Myositis
I’m feeling more and more isolated and alone because of this illness. I’ve held off writing publicly about it because then there’s pity and the...
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What does chronic illness mental fatigue feel like?
I’m overwhelmed. I’m scared. I’m tired. I’m tired of new symptoms, new scares, new tests. But I am not alone!
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Stress and Myositis
We know we cannot avoid stress; it’s simply a part of life. Whether it’s stress over our finances, relationships, job, health, or the health of...
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Myositis Awareness and Mental Health Awareness Months Meet
Myositis and depression were not only affecting me, but they were also affecting my parents, my partner, my family members, and friends. The fact that...
