Learning to Give Myself a Break in Life With Chronic Pain and Mental Illness #rwanda #RwOT Halloween bpdfolk octobre 30, 2020 Add Comment Edit My therapist said I could teach a class in dealing with chronic pain. That is a compliment and far from anything to be embarrassed about. O... Read More
Navigating This Pandemic New Normal When Your Child Has a Rare Disease #rwanda #RwOT #KohLanta bpdfolk octobre 30, 2020 Add Comment Edit The other night I participated in a (virtual) meeting where I realized that my daughter is considered a âlow-incidence student.â It is ... Read More
What I Don't Say About My Depression #rwanda #RwOT #izmir bpdfolk octobre 30, 2020 Add Comment Edit 1. I am tired. All the time . Not the tired like you havenât slept all night. Itâs the tired that is world-weary. Sometimes I feel lik... Read More
Why I'm Excited to See a Barbie Doll With Vitiligo #rwanda #RwOT #XF2020 bpdfolk octobre 29, 2020 Add Comment Edit They now make a Barbie Doll with vitiligo . A model with vitiligo walked the Victoriaâs Secret Fashion Show in 2018. You can even add vi... Read More
What It's Like in the Void of Depression #rwanda #RwOT #SalarioRosa bpdfolk octobre 29, 2020 Add Comment Edit Itâs just you and that wall; you are staring at that God damn wall. And you donât know why youâre staring at that wall. Maybe youâ... Read More
Teaching My Son on the Autism Spectrum to Manage Money #rwanda #RwOT MAMA's Fan Choice Awards bpdfolk octobre 29, 2020 Add Comment Edit About two years ago, Dominicâs private speech therapist starting teaching him the process of when you do chores, you get an allowance. Yo... Read More
Moving From COVID Chaos to Mindful Delight While Parenting Kids With Disabilities #rwanda #RwOT MAMA's Fan Choice Awards bpdfolk octobre 29, 2020 Add Comment Edit In the last two years, we found out that our younger son Alex had a stroke , and our older son Benji has autism. We have learned to juggle ... Read More
I'm Not Free From My Eating Disorder Yet. Here's Why That's OK. #rwanda #RwOT #macron20h bpdfolk octobre 28, 2020 Add Comment Edit I took this picture with the intention of captioning it something like, â#f***youanorexia #lookatmeeatingdessertâ in an attempt to demo... Read More
When I Was Given a List of 'Nevers' After My Child's Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Diagnosis #rwanda #RwOT #XSXFridgeSweeps bpdfolk octobre 28, 2020 Add Comment Edit Three years ago today the trajectory of our lives changed forever. We had been waiting for weeks to hear back from the genetics team at Ch... Read More
Scientists Warn Americans Are Expecting Too Much From a COVID-19 Vaccine #rwanda #RwOT #confinementSaison2 bpdfolk octobre 28, 2020 Add Comment Edit By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News and JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News The White House and many Americans have pinned their hopes for defe... Read More
The Ups and Downs of Writing About My Mental Health #rwanda #RwOT Miles Taylor bpdfolk octobre 28, 2020 Add Comment Edit âAnd I feel like Iâm naked in front of the crowd âCause these words are my diary, screaming out loud And I know that youâll use t... Read More
What My Dog Taught Me About Overcoming Anxiety #rwanda #RwOT #DefendaoSUS bpdfolk octobre 28, 2020 Add Comment Edit Three years ago, I decided I was ready to get a dog. I prepared for months, researched and finally put a deposit down on my new furry famil... Read More
How Spending Time Alone Helped My Depression #rwanda #RwOT #DefendaoSUS bpdfolk octobre 28, 2020 Add Comment Edit Five years ago, I never in my wildest imagination thought I would be where I am now. To me, âwhere I am nowâ primarily refers to the de... Read More
What Writing Lists Means to Me as Someone With OCD #rwanda #RwOT #TheBachelorette bpdfolk octobre 27, 2020 Add Comment Edit The first notebook I remember writing in wasnât technically a notebook, but a pink Barbie diary where I listed the names of my family and... Read More
What a Tiny Tree Frog Taught Me About Coping With Adversity #rwanda #RwOT Real Madrid bpdfolk octobre 27, 2020 Add Comment Edit I was driving the other night and seemingly out of nowhere, a tree frog jumped on my windshield as I was going about 30 mph heading towards... Read More
The 2-Word Response I Get When People Find Out My Child Is Terminally Ill #rwanda #RwOT Randy Arozarena bpdfolk octobre 27, 2020 Add Comment Edit When people find out I am a parent of a terminally ill child, I typically get two different responses. The most common response I get is t... Read More
How My Adult Life With a Rare Condition Affects My Relationships #rwanda #RwOT Real Madrid bpdfolk octobre 27, 2020 Add Comment Edit Several years ago, I had my first surgery as an adult where I had to make the tough decision of whether or not to undergo the procedure. As... Read More