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Tag Archives: Toni Bernhard
Misunderstood: Check—Mate
“The irony to me about that situation that we all chronically live in is the harder you try to protect the people around you from being uncomfortable with the fact that you are sick, the more invisible it becomes.”—Amberlin Wu, … Continue reading
Don’t Think! Just Do! (Glimpses Into My ME Story)
In early 2006, I had a career as an attorney at the biggest law firm in the world and I was engaged to the man who has since graduated to being my husband and who has exceeded pretty much all … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy
Tagged CDC, CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Depression, Disability, Disability Insurance Company, Exercise, FCE, Functional Capacity Evaluation, How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers, Life with CFS, ME, ME/CFS, Misnomer, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, post-exertional neuroimmune exhaustion, Raising a child with CFS, Snakes on a Plane, Toni Bernhard, UK Psychiatrists
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Tips on Talking to Family and Close Friends by Toni Bernhard
Toni Bernhard, author of How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers, wrote a very insightful piece, “When chronic illness strikes: Tips on talking to family and close friends,” about how to try and gain acceptance … Continue reading
Posted in Understanding ME/CFS
Tagged Acceptance, CFS, Family and Friends, How to be sick, ME/CFS, Support, Toni Bernhard
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