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They are presented here in alphabetical order of the title of the post. This compendium post may be updated from time to time.
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5 Steps to Help Your Kids Deal with Your Chronic Illness
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When you’re a parent with chronic illness, you need all the help you can get to manage life. These five tips can help you get there.
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5 Ways Not To Be A Jerk To Your Friend With A Chronic Disease
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You’re capable of treating people with chronic diseases with compassion. Sometimes we all need a little help.
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7 Ways Men Can Find Relief From Chronic Pain
Toby Nwazor shares a few tips to help you cope better, keep your smile, and remain a good team member, husband or father.
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10 Mindful Practices to Soothe Chronic Pain
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Chronic pain can feel hopeless. Kathryn Hogan offers 10 ways you can consciously make yourself feel better.
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23 Tips For Men on Supporting a Partner with Chronic Pain
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Pete Beisner knows a lot about supporting a partner in pain. Here, he shares insights on how to take care of the person you love.
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Back Pain, Stress, and Prayer: A New Perspective on Healing
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Cynthia Barnett explores the idea of prayer for healing back pain.
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Embracing Chronic Pain
Falling 30 feet to the ground is not the ideal way to discover the body does not bounce.
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His Chronic Pain Led to an Eventual Testicular Cancer Diagnosis
He kept his sense of humor after beating testicular cancer and losing a testicle.
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How I Ended My War With Pain (and Won My Life Back)
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By leaning into the pain, Dan Cayer fought his way to recovery.
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Keep Your Power – Ditch the Pain
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In order to step up your game, forget those painful beliefs about “manning-up” and “pushing-through”.
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How My Chronic Illness Made Me a Better Man
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Adversity is inevitable, but it’s how we choose to deal with adversity that determines who we are as people.
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My Chronic Illness Doesn’t Define Me
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Sami Holden explains why a diagnosis doesn’t have to alter your outlook on life and what you can seek to achieve.
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Raising Boys With Chronic Pain
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J.C. Hannigan shares something with her sons: a rare chronic pain disorder.
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The Forge: A Movie Made from Pain for People in Pain
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A video by Eric Raymond Lim for his sister Tanya Lim who committed suicide touches Thaddeus Howze deeply. And he hopes it will touch others.
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The Pain Doesn’t End When You Leave the Hospital
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Sami Holden explains what it’s like to live your whole life in and out of the hospital— and what well-meaning family and friends can do to help.
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The Unspeakable Pain That Lies Beneath
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Sami Holden considers how the limited conversation on men and pain only further place those facing chronic pain into the shadows.
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Unhooking Shame from Pain
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What would happen if you stopped trying to problem-solve your pain and allowed yourself to feel it without shame?
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What Happens When You Ignore Pain
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You can tough it out, but the body keeps the score through the effects of cortisol. Kate Bartolotta offers several drug-free alternatives for chronic pain management.
What No One Told Me about Chronic Pain
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The pain is the easiest part.
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What Your Doctor Never Told You About Chronic Pain
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Pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined.
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What You Say to Someone With Chronic Pain and What They Hear
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You don’t look sick.
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When Pain Becomes You
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Jason Epstein discusses dealing with chronic pain. What happens when what ails you is what alienates you?
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