http://womenandfibromyalgia.com Living with an Invisible Dis-ease Thu, 10 May 2012 18:56:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/05/09/fibromyalgia-goodism-self-sacrificegiving-yourself-away/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/05/09/fibromyalgia-goodism-self-sacrificegiving-yourself-away/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 12:00:48 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=48 “Self development is a higher duty than self sacrifice”, Elizabeth Stanton As I read more and more about brain mapping and how to change the pain mappings in my brain I am reminded about how intensely I wrote in my book regarding the highly sensitive person (HSP, according to Elaine Aron). This is the ‘empath’, the [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/05/09/fibromyalgia-goodism-self-sacrificegiving-yourself-away/feed/ 8 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/03/25/fibromyalgia-the-pain-is-in-the-brain/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/03/25/fibromyalgia-the-pain-is-in-the-brain/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:01:07 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=44 “Memory, the warder of the brain”, William Shakespeare This is it!!! In my view this is the most significant in-sight I have had about the pain of fibromyalgia. It has been a long and interesting journey beginning with my book in which I laid the foundation about why women are more prone to developing FMS and my [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/03/25/fibromyalgia-the-pain-is-in-the-brain/feed/ 6 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/06/23/fibromyalgia-men-and-womensensitivity-and-empathy/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/06/23/fibromyalgia-men-and-womensensitivity-and-empathy/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:57:02 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=30 “Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it”, George Carlin To-day one of my favourite comedians died. I shall miss his humour and while I obviously agree with Carlin’s view that both men and women are from earth, I cannot be quite so cavalier about dealing with many known differences. Sensitivity and empathy, for example, [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/06/23/fibromyalgia-men-and-womensensitivity-and-empathy/feed/ 5 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2007/12/15/fibromyalgia-stress-and-excitement-why-women-are-more-prone-to-fibromaylgia/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2007/12/15/fibromyalgia-stress-and-excitement-why-women-are-more-prone-to-fibromaylgia/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:00:40 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2007/12/15/fibromyalgia-stress-and-excitement-why-women-are-more-prone-to-fibromaylgia/ “Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency”, Natalie Goldberg Stress and excitement are two main triggers for an acute onset of fibromyalgia. Stress may be only minimal or severe, temporary or chronic, nonetheless it is usually bound to bring on an attack, usually a day or two after the episode. Excitement can be [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2007/12/15/fibromyalgia-stress-and-excitement-why-women-are-more-prone-to-fibromaylgia/feed/ 2