Voice of a Patient with Fibromyalgia
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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
North American (Canadian-General) North American (General)Transcript
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I've tried everything to treat my fibromyalgia medications, diets, exercise, essential oils, supplements. The list goes on. Sometimes I find something that helps, and sometimes it's a waste of time and money. When I first heard about this app, I was skeptical. How is an app going to help my pain? I decided to try it anyway. And from the very first page, I felt incredibly understood, like someone out there actually gets what it's like. It was a little strange. Feeling like a nap understands me. But if a napkin describe my experience so well, maybe it can help. Mhm. Just like the path up the mountain. My fibromyalgia journey has not been a straight line. I have periods where I've done really well and periods where it feels like the illness has consumed my entire life. Reading about how avoidance can increase anxiety and make the illness seem bigger really hit me just like the path up the mountain. My fibromyalgia journey has not been a straight line. I have periods where I've done really well and periods where it feels like the illness has consumed my entire life, reading about how avoidance can increase anxiety and make the illness seem bigger, really hit me. It makes so much sense. Looking back on those bad periods, it makes so much sense looking back on those bad periods when pain controlled my life and I was afraid to do anything that might cause a flare, my life got smaller and I stopped doing the things I enjoyed, which just made it worse. I was really happy to see that tempo includes breathing exercises. I've tried some before, and they've always been really helpful for my stress and anxiety. But I often forgot to do them consistently. It'll be nice to have a daily reminder. Acceptance without judging acceptance without judging is going to be the hardest thing for me to get right. I'm really good at judging myself and really bad at accepting things I can't change. Acceptance has always felt like admitting defeat and giving up hope. Acceptance has always felt like admitting defeat and giving up hope. Acceptance has always felt like admitting defeat and giving up hope. Hearing the metaphors of the finger trap in the tug of war made me feel like maybe acceptance isn't defeat. It could be a whole lot less work than fighting my symptoms all the time,