#healing body diseases

[mars-ipan]

my mom keeps describing the steroid weight gain i’m probably going to experience as “swelling” and it is like. mildly unnerving me

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

https://wapo.st/3WLBZPb

A catatonic woman awakened after 20 years. Her story may change psychiatry.

New research suggests that a subset of patients with psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia may actually have autoimmune disease that attacks the brain.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/washpost/c42cbd70-f957-4f16-b5f1-3843b944f86d.png&w=196&h=196

By Richard Sima

June 1, 2023

New research findings suggest that some patients’ psychiatric conditions may be caused or aggravated by underlying autoimmune diseases. It’s hoped that a better understanding of the links between immunological issues and psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia and depression could open new paths to treatments for such patients. Sander Markx, director of precision psychiatry at Columbia University, spoke to The Washington Post about successfully treating patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder by treating their underlying cases of lupus. One patient was even able to leave a psychiatric hospital where she’d lived for nearly two decades after being catatonic for almost 20 years. The SNF Center for Precision Psychiatry and Mental Health at Columbia is now working on autoimmunity screenings on patients at long-term facilities in New York. Thomas Smith, chief medical officer for the New York State Office of Mental Health, said such analyses could help “save someone’s life, get them out of the hospital, have them live in the community, go home.”

[malscare]

stark differences between me and my brother only continue to prove we exist on two polar opposite ends of "something is very horribly wrong mentally"

[brown-little-robin]

story time!

What Happened to Dimple

In late summer, Ritsu got very ill. He couldn't keep any food down and he was too weak to walk. Their limited food supplies were running out in the middle of nowhere, and Dimple was the only functional person in the group. Ritsu was out of it, and obviously Mob, a zombie with no goals except "eat whatever is in front of me" and "hang around with little brother", was little help on the finding-new-food front.

So Dimple had to find some way to keep Ritsu alive.

Before starvation set in, Dimple decided to intervene. It played out okay at first. He tied Ritsu to a tree (tied ropes around his torso, knotted them behind the tree trunk so Ritsu couldn't reach) and took Shigeo with him to go acquire some food from whoever passed by on the road they're traveling on first.

(he took Shigeo because he couldn't leave him with no able-bodied guardian—better to be safe than sorry, especially because. y'know. they're on the edge of starvation, and Shigeo is a zombie. but obviously Ritsu, dehydrated and dizzy, interpreted this as "Dimple Might Be Finally Stealing My Brother" despite Dimple trying to explain.)

(Ritsu didn't really protest, though. he was too weak to do much and also he didn't want to get eaten. he just let it happen. he hoped Dimple would come back. he hoped he was just being paranoid.)

the first food source they ran into, unfortunately, was a group of humans traveling with a cart. Dimple didn't really have qualms about stealing, but he tried asking peacefully first, using his "power over the zombie" (e.g. he convinced Shigeo to take a few steps back and Shigeo obliges him) to demonstrate that they could be a major threat. (he was bluffing, of course. Shigeo wasn't being "held back" by Dimple, he's just vibing.) and he was given food! food and water and even toilet paper and a blanket!

so then Dimple returned to their camp with Mob and the supplies, but the people they stole from were a trap—a convoy that deliberately draws people in so they can gauge parties' strength before stealing from them in return. Dimple and the Kageyama brothers got attacked by one (1) guy with a gun, because that's about all the firepower the convoy thought they needed to risk on this little group.

Dimple could've just given up the supplies and tried again. But the thing was, Ritsu didn't really have enough strength in him for that.

If Ritsu didn't get food and water and rest here, he really might have died. Also, they'd have to give up their ammo, which was what they were planning to trade for food in the next settlement they come to.

Dimple looked around. He looked at Shigeo, a half-baked plan to get Shigeo to Do Something forming, and saw him kneeling by Ritsu, eyes half-lidded, looking unresponsive. but Dimple knew Shigeo's body language by then, and he saw how his shoulders were subtly hunched over toward Ritsu, and instantly Dimple knew that the kid's patience had run out. going away from Ritsu with Dimple had been a big concession and now Shigeo was done.

So. Dimple took the supplies and lured the guy with the gun a little way away from the boys, and then he just straight-up attacked the guy. not with a gun, because he was forced to leave the guns in the camp with Ritsu.

Dimple dropped the supplies and made a move. He got shot, and it was Loud. but it just grazed his shoulder, so he managed to drag the guy away from the supplies. Dimple's goal was to prevent the boys from seeing any more death, and he succeeded.

Ritsu, meanwhile, heard that gunshot.

He'd been sleeping most of the time Dimple was away. He was a little more alert by the time Dimple got back, although still physically wiped. He heard that gunshot and froze. And then, doing rapid calculations and realizing that he was danger if Dimple was dead, he started fighting the ropes. He had to get away he had to get Shigeo away he had to RUN.

He fought the ropes silently at first, and then, slowly, his brain progressed from the logical "if Dimple is dead we're in trouble because that man knows our location" to "Dimple is dead, Dimple is dead". he started making a horrible cry as he tried to get free. He wasn't crying, exactly, didn't let himself relax that much, he was just making this kind of frustrated, despairing wail sound.

Shigeo had been watching Ritsu thrash and wriggle in increasing certainty that something was happening, but he didn't know if it was good or bad. The sound, though, the sound was bad. So he tried to help.

He helped by just pulling on the ropes, first, which broke Ritsu's ribs.

but he stopped when Ritsu made a pain sound and, for one of the first times Ritsu has seen him do this as a zombie, did something related to tool use. he went to the supplies and brought Ritsu a knife.

so the Kageyama brothers survived! yay!

[thateclecticbitch]

Got some sick gains at the gym this week (Successfully avoided subluxating his shoulder at physical therapy)

[southernvampire]

uterus has been yeeterused

[crimeronan]

day four of prednisone. i am able bodied* now.

*mild joint aches and mild breathlessness Barely count. OTHER THAN THAT.

[contentwithit]

I did a thing and I'm really happy about it

Got myself a helix piercing and had an amazing piercer. She helped me get the perfect placement, I also ordered a piece to replace this once it's healed from crazy factory.

There was literally no pain, doesn't seem to be swollen or red in only one day in, I was able to not sleep on it and it feels good, I might have my girlfriend check it out tonight since it's hard to see behind my ear and I don't want to bend it much. Healing piercings are best left alone as much as possible as most people know.

Anyway super happy with it😎

[selfconsumerofmywoes]

so apparently my bones have been ruined by crocheting

[unopenablebox]

oh i am SO physically fucked up today. don’t do zero non-walking exercise for four months and then a solid half hour of rock climbing ropes course bullshit probably

[thealmosttherapistwholosthermind]

Sigh After Denial

Today I am deeper than bone tired.

Recovering from my 3rd brain surgery has been different. I just don't have the "oomph" I had the first two rounds.

It's going well by all standards.

Symptoms have abated.

I walk around the block.

I cook dinner.

I even run errands.

But mostly I lay around.

It's going well. I am getting better.

I just can't put my finger on what's different. It's like something deep inside me has broken. I'm no longer fighting this disease and desperately holding on to the illusion that I will get my life back.

This IS my life. It's not the one I wanted. But it's mine.

It is a slow life. There is a lot of time to read. Time to ponder. Time to feel. Time to process. I like that. Is it strange?

I know it won't be like this forever. I know I can be symptom free. But my "old life" is long gone. There is no going back. Only forwards. Towards recovery and health, which will likely include some adjustment. I don't know what yet. But I am willing.

Maybe I am so tired because I have finally given up the struggle--the battle I was never going to win anyway. The one where, somehow, I would beat this beast of a disease back into a metaphorical cave and it'd be like it never came.

Instead, I am just going to let it be. And I'll be. And I'll manage it. And accept that I have a disability.

[eatclean-bewhole]

To understand your body, you must also understand your mind. There’s too much science to ignore. It’s time we start talking about how….

….the way many of us have been conditioned to live contributes to illness.

….our state of mind is just as relevant as diet and lifestyle.

….suppressed emotions negatively impacts health.

….in regards to health, there is no separation between body and mind.

“Much disease could prevented and healed if we fully understood the scientific evidence verifying the mind-body unity.” -Dr. Gabor Maté

#mindbodyconnection #selfcare #mindfulness #mentalhealth #selflove #mindbodysoul #wellness #health #healing #holistichealth #healingjourney #holistichealing #anxiety #motivation #healthylifestyle #love #wellbeing #mindset #emotionalhealth #functionalmedicine #healthcare #mentalhealthawareness #stress #stressmanagement #holisticnutrition #mentalhealthmatters #stressrelief #psychology #emotions #disease 

[dovedrangeas]

thinking about my incredibly silly mcyt/scp au

[raointean]

Nuance (can get pregnant (to the best of my knowledge)

[wayti-blog]

"Ultimate healing instrument will dissolve all illnesses"

‘The X-ray machine for example was developed as preparation for the ultimate healing instrument and it will also be part of that.’

"Diathermy of protoplasm"

"As with all great inventions, the further steps on the way to and the final realisation of the ultimate healing instrument will be brought about by means of both inspiration and reincarnation of the souls which are connected to the University of Christ. The masters work as fast as mankind allows that.

On earth, the instrument will work a little like the diathermy, whereby electricity is conducted through the human body. However, the instrument will generate a much more rarefied electricity. When a human body is connected with the healing instrument, an energy will be conducted through it which has attunement to the second sphere of light. The protoplasm of the All-Source will then be condensed in a technical way to an aura which is higher and more rarefied than the life aura of the human being on earth. As a result, the sick organs will be fed with a purifying power which takes the tissues back to the harmonic working as that tissue functioned in the prehistoric age."

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[shamballalin]

Never Own A Disease

How many times have you said, “I am …” or “I have …” as if some illness defines you? Any illness, regardless of how severe the condition is, is not who you are. You are much more than the illness that may be present. There is more to you than you know. There is a major difference between any illness and the person who lives within the walls of your skin. Yes, you may be a paraplegic like Jean…