Singapore
Joined November 2015
Don't forget to check out the revamped #website, and visit our #AboutPage for more info and resources. My aim is and always will be to raise #awareness about lifelong #illnesses from VARIOUS #perspectives. Context matters. 👉 buff.ly/TKHRkRo #ChronicIllness #disability
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"I know quite a few #spoonies who have some pretty cool #WalkingCanes. You can do a search online for something that suits your style. Just don’t sacrifice stability and functionality": buff.ly/0qpdLHn #ChronicPain #physiotherapy #surgery #KneeSurgery #mobility #disabled
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"Many people may be able to learn more & empathise, but full #appreciation for what it’s like to live with prob isn’t fully possible unless you’ve been there yrslf in some capacity. Even then, the experience is unique": buff.ly/q1EnxjK by @invisiblymeblog #ChronicIllness
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"in a #society that reinforces constant shifting of #attention ..the satisfaction of sustaining yr attention on 1 thing can contribute to the #experience being autotelic – that is, highly enjoyable & intrinsically #motivating.": buff.ly/owdOJey via @psyche_the_mag #mental
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"For #physicians, understanding & managing #pain is 1 of the hardest parts of caring for #patients ..self-reported pain has a fragile foundation. 2 people can receive the same stimulus & give very different answers to their #PainLevel.": buff.ly/O2AEN3T via @psychtoday
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"Yr #morning..starts with info gathering. What hurts, what’s stiff, what kind of day yr body seems to be handing u..It’s a diff starting point & #routine advice that skips it isn’t wrong so much as it’s talking abt a diff kind of morning than the 1 u hv": buff.ly/N7LBnYB
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"Societal norms typically dictate that #men should be strong and be viewed as providers..‘#Masculine’ traits such as leadership, #emotional detachment & financial #success have been drilled into us since we were little boys.": buff.ly/un25jsT #MensHealth #MondayBlogs
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"I name #spiders in my home. There have been a lot but I still remember Fierce Freda who lived in the corner of my bathroom for ages & kept all the summer flies away. Sadly she disappeared 1 day & I found her in a heap on the floor": buff.ly/xQrVaJC by @RaisieBay #spoonie
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"It is a silly & #ViciousCycle, because it isn’t my #fault & beating myself up about it is only going to turn the #BadDay into a worse one. It also sets up the framework of how I will be approaching the rest of my day..": buff.ly/IrodPIx #MondayBlogs #ChronicPain
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"I usually try to pick loose-fitting #clothing like dresses, but my outfit choice depends on what type of #surgery I am having because what I wear after an #abdominal surgery may be different than what I’d wear after a #shunt surgery.": buff.ly/qyu4LU6 by @sarahlynn358
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Sheryl Chan asked 40 chronically ill people what hurts more than the physical pain. The answer, again and again: 𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Friends who drift away. Family who don't understand. A career that ends. A body you can't plan around. Read it: :#ChronicPain #WorstPart #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness achronicvoice.com/worst-part…
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"When we mention #VitaminD, we tend to think of sunshine & milk. When we mention #VitaminK..people often go, ‘what does that #vitamin do again?’..here's how they work together synergistically for optimal #health & #wellbeing": buff.ly/5IN0ew8 @SpectraSpray #MondayBlogs
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"That voice telling u that you just might be wasting your only life, and that you are failing at everything. That vicious little voice that’s born out of #ableism and societal pressure to ‘hustle’. – Gwen": buff.ly/ypqqeg6 #HustleCulture #MondayBlogs #ChronicPain #spoonie
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"The #ego, or #mind, is very uncomfortable w #waiting. This is the part of u that..screams, “Do something! Anything is better than nothing!”..bcos we r a very ego-driven society, you’ll find plenty of external voices that back up that msg": buff.ly/ZKeLf9S via @tinybuddha
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