MS and the Mind-Body Connection: Balancing Optimism and Realism

By Cathy, Health Guide Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Does stress take a holiday?  This is a question I’ve often pondered, particularly while experiencing MS symptoms.  When you aren’t feeling well you think more about this than when you are feeling well.  I have relapsing-remitting MS and I have blocks of time when I experien...
4/26/12 12:23pm

Amen, sister Cat! The power of positive thinking has seen me thru even tho I or others around me were ill. My granny told me once, "Sister, you can get glad or get mad,  you need to make your mind up to being glad because you are a much better person glad." So true, so true! If you open you eyes and heart, there is always someone out there with bigger challenges than you are facing, so get out of your own orbit and look for that silver lining!

Cathy, Health Guide
4/26/12 12:29pm

Hey, Grateful,

 

With a sister like you how can I go wrong?  Good advice from you, and your granny.  Eyes wide open to the positive, wonderful and joyful part of life will help sustain us through bleaker days.  You are a testament to that with your recent tale of woe, but you came out on the other side of darkness with grace and dignity.  So proud of you!

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By Cathy, Health Guide— Last Modified: 04/26/12, First Published: 04/25/12