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Learning Self Pottery

I had my first nervous breakdown at 16. Huh? What’s that? You ask? People all have different notions of what constitutes a nervous breakdown. It’s…

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Thank you

potofcallaloo December 26, 2013 No Comments anxiety Depression fibromyalgia love supporting eachother

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfwlj0gba_k] Hello my lovelies, I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU for all your positive feedback and likes on The Invisible F. I’ve…

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Dealing with Depression

potofcallaloo December 24, 2013 No Comments battling depression clinical depression fibromyalgia overcoming depression pain suicide trials

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU5_PV70mfk] Merry Christmas. I wish you a happy one, and all the joy this universe can offer you. The real joy that transcends material things,…

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Loved ones who don’t believe in the F-word – (How to deal with unsupportive loved ones)

potofcallaloo October 12, 2013 1 Comment Depression explaining depression explaining fibromyalgia fibromyalgia relationships and fibromyalgia unsupportive family unsupportive loved ones

The world carries on, and either we carry on too or get trampled on in the madness. Be strong…

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Relationship woes posed by Fibromyalgia

potofcallaloo May 18, 2013 2 Comments cognitive impairments Depression fibro fog fibromyalgia relatiionships relationships and fibromyalgia

…we’re struggling to live with ourselves. I think it is important to find someone who can support us, will believe us, stand by us and love us for who we are.

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The Suicide Risk in Fibromyalgia

potofcallaloo March 3, 2013 39 Comments Depression fibromyalgia igrnorance pain suicide suicide risk vitamin d deficiency

“Since I was 16, I’ve felt a black cloud hangs over me. Since then, I’ve taken pills 4 depression” – Amy Winehouse “People with fibromyalgia…

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The Meaning of Suffering

potofcallaloo February 1, 2013 2 Comments Depression depression and anxiety discrimination lynda anning Mental health stigma

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering – Friedrich Nietzsche My own life has been riddled with…

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The Dizzying World of Fibromyalgia

potofcallaloo January 31, 2013 7 Comments anxiety Depression dizziness fibro fog fibromyalgia lightheadedness vertigo

I was stumbling my way home from work, grappling with the vacillating world around me, my head high as a kite. I wasn’t drunk. Life…

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Six Common Fibromyalgia Myths

potofcallaloo January 19, 2013 6 Comments exhaustion fibromyalgia fibromyalgia myths ignorance insomnia pain stigma

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS TRUE? (A) NESSIE IS REAL (B) FIBROMYALGIA IS REAL * Alarming doesn’t quite sum up some of the myths people…

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Christmas with the Invisible F

potofcallaloo December 19, 2012 No Comments christmas christmas with fibromyalgia exhaustion fibro fog fibromyalgia hypersensitivity muscle pain

Imagine if Santa had fibromyalgia. No seriously. Just try to imagine it. What would happen? Here’s my conservative guess: ● The presents would more than…