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• The Ocean of Tears

  Posted on Wednesday July 2nd, 2008 at 22:18 in afterlife, ocean, pain, responsibility, suffering, tears

  from Rav BergIn ancient times, two great spiritual masters, who were best friends, made a deal with each other. They agreed that whoever passed away first would return to the other in a dream or a vis...

• PTSD & Fibromyalgia - LINKED!

  Posted on Sunday June 15th, 2008 at 23:03 in chronic illness, fibromyalgia, linked, pain, ptsd, stress, survivor trauma

  By Salynn BoylesThe mysterious chronic pain condition fibromyalgia is widely thought of as a woman's disease, but new research suggests it is also common among men with posttraumatic stress disorder.I...

• Fibromyalgia: New Insights Into a Misunderstood Ailment

  Posted on Tuesday May 20th, 2008 at 22:13 in fibromyalgia, Help, infection, nutrition, pain, sleep

  Health experts recommend lots of sleep, nutrition goals for sufferers.By Holly VanScoyFibromyalgia was once dismissed by many traditional medical practitioners as a phantom illness.But that view is ch...

• YEDIDUT NEFESH

  Posted on Thursday May 15th, 2008 at 21:35 in compassion fatigue, depression, friendship, pain, yedidut nefesh

  Along with my neurological and endocrinological problems - my cardiac problems were getting worse but have been halted in their tracks. All the medical testing in the world can only show the physical ...

• Why Don't Painkillers Work for People with Fibromyalgia?

  Posted on Monday April 14th, 2008 at 14:13 in brain, depression, fibromyalgia, ineffective, opioid, pain, painkillers

  from PhysOrg.comPeople who have the common chronic pain condition fibromyalgia often report that they don’t respond to the types of medication that relieve other people’s pain. New research from t...

• Infliction of Hurt, Guilt and Threats

  Posted on Friday March 28th, 2008 at 13:55 in attack, guilt, kathy krajco, listening, narcissist, pain, pervert, threatened, truth

  For this Shabbat - a couple of this week's gems from Kathy Krajco (with some equal opportunity graphics for you as well):"Responsibility" Wrap: Narcissist Hurts You to Make YOU Guilty of the Sin of Fe...

• A World Out of Balance: Autoimmune Disease

  Posted on Sunday March 23rd, 2008 at 23:15 in atypical m.s., autoimmune, chronic illness, epidemic, fatigue, immune, inflammation, invisible disabilities, lupus, multiple sclerosis, pain, relentless

  LIVES DERAILEDExcerpted from The Autoimmune Epidemic: Bodies Gone Haywire in a World Out of Balance -- and the Cutting-Edge Science that Promises Hope~~~~~~~~Most of us, at some juncture in our lives,...

• Chronic Pain? List These "D"s on Your Refrigerator

  Posted on Sunday March 23rd, 2008 at 22:15 in depression, feelings, loss, pain, relationships

  by Judith FeinEighteen years ago, Erv Hinds was a traditional anesthesiologist with an open-heart surgery team. Today he's gone from putting people to sleep with drugs to trying to wake them up with w...

• Communication & the Functional Sociopath

  Posted on Sunday February 17th, 2008 at 22:02 in abuse, alienate, Communications, ignore, lying, pain, shut down, silent treatment, smear campaign, sociopathy, suffering

  By William Polowniak, Ph.D.Fritz Perls a famous Jewish psychotherapist known for his founding of Gestalt therapy once said that refusal to communicate is the most toxic human behavior. I am convinced ...