Migraine and Mental Health Awareness
Migraine and Mental Health Awareness
Migraine and Mental Health Awareness
I’m back in tracking mode—not because I need to “get organized,” but because data helps me make sense of the chaos. With new diagnoses and tests ahead, tracking turns guesses into patterns, lowers overwhelm, and keeps me from forgetting half my symptoms by morning.
Had some pretty exciting Black Friday Cyber Monday (#BFCM) conversations this week with companies that …
I hate my life. But it’s not what you think. Life with Chronic Illness is not what I thought I’d live with. Everything was going well and I was successful. Until chronic illness took my success and hid it away. While I have so many things to love, I can’t help that I sometimes forget for a minute and just remember what I’ve lost.
Just a few years ago, when I was working for corporate America sitting behind my desk writing reports about a faulty server or inadequate software testing I had just performed, I didn’t know things weren’t normal. I was tired and my mind was foggy, but I kept pushing forward, not realizing just how “off” I was. I didn’t want to lose my job.
Alethea Black writes about her struggles through the divorce of her parents, the loss of her father, her battle with a mysterious illness that has no answers, and the people who find difficulty standing by her side during these toughest days.
Trying to find energy when you have a chronic illness is like searching for a needle in the haystack. You’re lucky if you find it! What it takes for me to find energy when I’m tired requires a lot of mental strength and sometimes I suck at it.