Tag: body awareness

  • The Trifecta: What is it and why do I have it?

    The Trifecta: What is it and why do I have it?

    Researchers are still trying to understand why POTS, EDS, and MCAS overlap so frequently, but many believe connective tissue dysfunction, nervous system dysregulation, and mast cell activity may all play a role. While the exact connection is still being studied, the overlap is becoming increasingly difficult for patients and researchers to ignore.

    Researchers are still trying to understand why POTS, EDS, and MCAS overlap so frequently, but many believe connective tissue dysfunction, nervous system dysregulation, and mast cell activity may all play a role. While the exact connection is still being studied, the overlap is becoming increasingly difficult for patients and researchers to ignore.

  • Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: An Unpredictable Storm

    Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: An Unpredictable Storm

    My body could be react to things it shouldn’t, at times that don’t make sense, in ways that are weird. Some days it’s mild, other days it feels like everything is flaring at once, my skin, my stomach, my heart, my head, all at the same time or rotating without warning. There’s no clear pattern,…

    My body could be react to things it shouldn’t, at times that don’t make sense, in ways that are weird. Some days it’s mild, other days it feels like everything is flaring at once, my skin, my stomach, my heart, my head, all at the same time or rotating without warning. There’s no clear pattern,…

  • Identity in Illness

    Identity in Illness

    You know that question everyone is eventually asked? Can people change? I used to think change was bold and chosen. Now I know it can happen under pressure until you become someone new just to keep breathing. Identity changes many times when you’re ill.

    You know that question everyone is eventually asked? Can people change? I used to think change was bold and chosen. Now I know it can happen under pressure until you become someone new just to keep breathing. Identity changes many times when you’re ill.