by benforred | Apr 10, 2025 | Activity, Mental Health, Pain, Symptoms
I attended a seminar on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Chronic Pain. It was extremely enlightening and helpful in understanding additional methods to increase quality of life with chronic pain. I have been seeing more articles and information about mental...
by benforred | Jan 14, 2025 | Caregivers, Death, Family, Grief, Mental Health, PTSD, Survival, Symptoms
Jenny, Mama, and DaddyThe conceptions we create of our parents over time as we grow from children to adults can be quite interesting to say the least. We come to learn new details about our parents that challenge those long held perspectives we’ve built, leading...
by benforred | May 7, 2024 | Mental Health, Research, Stress, Support
I attended a seminar through the Institute for Natural Resources titled Meditation and the Brain: Physiologic Effects, Mindfulness, and Mental Health. It was very enlightening learning about various methods of meditation and their effects on the brain that I will...
by benforred | Mar 28, 2024 | Health, Medical Procedures, Pain, Stress, Symptoms
This has been a story in the making for over a year now. I am now released from worker’s compensation and feel able to share my story with Post Concussion Syndrome (PCS).In 2015, I fell at work and hit my head due to my blood pressure bottoming out. I...
by benforred | Dec 8, 2023 | Crisis, Mental Health, PTSD, Sponsored, Stress, Survival
Most of us are aware of the popular saying that “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”, which was shortened from the original saying penned by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche, who is a fascinating philosopher to study, argued that...
