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The Power of a Diagnosis
*Trigger warning: mentions adverse mental health effects of medication/suicidal ideation* In the lead up to Hypermobility Awareness Week, asked Sarah from Western Australia about her experience [...]
*Trigger warning: mentions adverse mental health effects of medication/suicidal ideation* In the lead up to Hypermobility Awareness Week, asked Sarah from Western Australia about her experience [...]
How would you feel if you’d been battling along, learning everything you could about the rare disorder you’d been diagnosed with…. only to, 7 years later, be told that’s [...]
Following on from Not just surviving the holidays: Part 1, in this post we discuss some more challenges people with hypermobility can face during the holidays and some suggestions on how we might [...]
For a lot of people, the holidays are a really exciting time. There are cookies and chocolate, hot cocoa, Santa, presents, shopping and family time. Those exact same things can be the most [...]
This time of year can be stressful, as well as exciting and joyful. To keep the stress to a minimum we’ve come up with 7 ways to crisis-proof the holidays with hypermobility. 1. [...]
What a novel idea! Go see your doctor when you’re well? Why would you do that? We usually only go to the doctors when something is wrong. Makes sense, right? I mean they’re there to [...]
What’s one of the ways your ‘Daily Dose of Movement’ can help you? Exercise is beneficial for management and prevention of acute and chronic mental illness. It is a fantastic part of your tool [...]
For Mental Health Awareness Month, we asked members of our hypermobility community to share their experiences of mental health as part of their hypermobility journey. This week Julie reflects on [...]
Service dog. What flashes in your mind when hearing those words? A blind man with a vision dog, a veteran who is an amputee? While these are two valid types of work of service dogs, there are [...]
Timing is important. While you’re busy doing something else; when you’re about to get on a 12-hour flight; when your head is full of other noise… not the best times to ask the extremely important [...]