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Building each other up: Why we need community
By Michelle O'Sullivan (Occ. Therapist)
In Adults, Community, Emotional Impacts
Posted June 6, 2018

Building each other up: Why we need community

Over the years I have been involved in a wide range of communities, from school to university, Guiding/Scouting Movements, church, and sports (ha, that was a while ago!). And while they all [...]

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To hide or not to hide? That is the question
By Michelle O'Sullivan
In Adults, Parents, Teens, Young Adults
Posted February 13, 2017

To hide or not to hide? That is the question

Talking about hiding or displaying your condition may seem like a somewhat controversial topic to those who are deeply embedded in the hypermobility / spoonie / zebra / chronic illness [...]

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High School with Undiagnosed Hypermobility
By Michelle O'Sullivan (Occ. Therapist)
In Disability, Emotional Impacts, Teens
Posted May 30, 2016

High School with Undiagnosed Hypermobility

Let us be honest. I hated high school. It was one of the most miserable times of my life. I was in pain and at that stage a medical mystery, I had undiagnosed hypermobility (which turned out to [...]

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Managing a social life: Trying to find that “balance”
By Miriam Rose
In Adapting, Management Skills, Pacing, Young Adults
Posted May 19, 2016

Managing a social life: Trying to find that “balance”

One of the hardest things about having a chronic condition like a Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder is trying to find a balance between resting when your body tells you it needs to and living a [...]

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Friends with the same condition
By Jessica Bowie
In Adults, Chronic Illness, Disability, Emotional Impacts
Posted May 14, 2016

Friends with the same condition

Doctors, in my experience, tend not to approve of patients becoming friends: “They’ll make each other sicker”; “they’ll become obsessed with their illness”; “it’s unhealthy”. Personally, I [...]

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