Last week I talked about safety and healing. That is one part of why I think I (and the other widow/ers) complain of increased pain and other physical symptoms. The other part is the way our brains are processing our grief. Think of it like circuitry. We have a certain number of circuits for processing…
Tag: body
12-14 Safety, Healing, and Video Game Mechanics
I’ve talked about the widowhood effect before. This is a phenomena found in widow/ers over the age of 65 (because there aren’t enough of us under 65 to study in a statistically significant manner) in which folks who have lost their partners report greater amounts of pain, are less responsive to pain medication, get sick…
6-21 Physical Effects of Grief (And an update on my health)
When I write these blog posts, I know I am writing to people in my community now. But I also hope I am writing to someone in some future time who is looking for stories – real, honest stories – of grief so they can process their own. I keep thinking about that as I…
5-16 Injury details
For those who are squeamish, you may not want the rest of these details. I’m not going to get super graphic, but I am going to spell out what happened to me and Jason and where my body is at now. I have exactly one split-second memory of the accident, so the next few things…
4-2 Circus, bodies, and dysmorphia
If you look up “acro” or “acroyoga” on google image search. The first few pages are full of images like this. People who look “fit.” People who are slim, with slight definition in their muscles. People who’s cellulite-free bodies and slender limbs highlight the elegance of the pose they are holding. They are attractive to our…