I recently attended a talk given by Ron Coleman, from the Hearing Voices Network, an organization that is run by users, in a self-help capacity, for people who experience auditory hallucinations. This group teaches that people should explore, engage, and in some cases, negotiate with the voices they hear, as opposed to only utilizing the medical… Read More »
Going to see a doctor, for any health issue, can be stressful. For people who live with chronic pain, they often spend years of their lives doing the doctor dance; going from doctor to doctor, specialist to specialist, bloodwork to x-rays, CT scans, MRIs, etc., and then doing it all again. Going from one doctor… Read More »
My name is Heather McCain. I have been living with disability and chronic pain for seventeen years, exactly half of my life. I learned, fairly quickly, that the public perception of disability and chronic pain is not a true reflection of my experiences or of others. The media tends to only tell stories about people… Read More »
