Tag: pain

• Sleepless and still in Pain

  I haven’t gotten a wink of sleep all night because of my stupid arm!  I’m so tired and frustrated!  All I want is sleep!  But since I can’t, I’ll try to do some writing, then probably go to the Peer Support Centre.  Today is Women’s Group.  I try to never miss it.  I know what […]

  Joyce

  August 8, 2014

  Editorials

  exhaustion, fatigue, pain, shoulder

• Shoulder Pain

  My left shoulder has been in pain for the last few days and I have no idea why.  I thought that maybe I slept on it wrong or something.  I tried calling the doctor’s office yesterday and got a recording that they were closed.  I hope they’re open today!  I need to get it looked […]

  Joyce

  March 28, 2014

  Editorials

  pain

• Untitled Poem 2

  I wrote this poem recently when I was feeling very depressed and alone.  I felt so hopeless and misunderstood.  It seemed like no one cared how I felt.  I felt totally invalidated.  I’ve been feeling a lot better since then.  I hope this poem helps people without BPD realize how intense our emotions are. ——————————– […]

  Joyce

  June 5, 2013

  Creative Work, Editorials

  bullying, consuming, darkness, demons, depression, draining, emptiness, hell, pain, poetry

• The Spoon Theory

  by Christine Miserandino.  A great way of describing what it’s like to live with chronic, debilitating pain, disability or illness.  I can relate to the fatigue part.  I’ve had it for several years. http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/wpress/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/

  Joyce

  May 26, 2013

  Editorials

  disability, exhaustion, fatigue, illness, pain, thinking