Sleep, Fatigue and Multiple Sclerosis Insomnia and daytime fatigue are common problems (and much of what follows applies to anyone struggling with inadequate sleep). But if you’re living with Multiple Scleroses, it’s significantly more likely that you’re struggling with poor sleep. Approximately 40% of people with MS experience chronic insomnia (chronic means at least 3…
When Sleep and Pain Collide: The Vicious Cycle of Chronic Pain and Chronic Insomnia Can’t sleep due to chronic pain, or is poor sleep making your pain worse? Could improving your sleep reduce pain or the need for pain meds? Chronic pain and chronic insomnia can be among the most debilitating conditions to live with,…
Michael Jackson’s Death Saved My Life While watching Michael Jackson’s This is It on Netflix recently, I was transported back to that June 2009 day in the dentist’s chair, when my dentist stopped to turn up the radio, and everyone gathered around, shocked to hear of Michael Jackson’s death. I was later horrified to…
Is your overactive mind keeping you up at night? For most of us, lying awake at night is the only time out of our 24-hour day when we’re truly alone with our thoughts. We’re not distracted by working, playing, reading, watching TV, or having a conversation. And annoyingly, those thoughts can come bursting to…
Many people living with long-term effects of concussion and other traumatic brain injuries may be very interested to know that: Studies suggest that up to 70% of people with concussion and other traumatic brain injuries (TBI) develop sleep disturbances, with a significant portion going on to live with chronic insomnia for years. Insomnia is known…
Knowing your attachment style can help you have a secure and lasting relationship. Do you ever feel like you are not getting your emotional needs met by your partner? Or when you think things are going well in a relationship, suddenly, your partner starts to become distant? Or there’s that person that comes across…
Anxiety and stress are co-occurring in many ways. Feeling anxious can mean an increased heart rate, inability to focus, and sometimes feeling like your heart skipped a beat. There can be various stressors that increase anxiety symptoms. These can be internal and external stressors. Internal Stressors are sources of stress that are inside us. These…
Life is full of stresses that seem to impede the very essence of life. Different people have different means of dealing with these stresses. There are times, however, that average measures can only achieve so much. It is in times like these that the services of a professional therapist are needed. The typical average measures…
Take care of your appearance. Smile and look people in the eye. Give genuine compliments to others. Know your strengths. Accept your imperfections.
The prevalence of eating disorders amongst teens, young adults and the adult population is quite high. Treatment approaches for eating disorders include evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (Mindfulness), Family-Based Treatments, and so on. Although traditional research revolves around the efficacy of such evidence-based treatment modalities when working with individuals diagnosed with…