This Monday, March 12, I’ll be releasing the first video of my series, Coping through Introspection: A Journey into You This is now live 🙂 After 37 years with narcolepsy, two movement disorders, two...
Things were iffy between us when my daughter decided to erase me from her life. But, I had been trying to have “family meetings” and impart life lessons. Mother’s Day had been just a...
Two dogs. There’s a difference between coping and going beyond coping and the difference, is happiness. I’m at the park, down the street from my son’s elementary school. I’m sitting in my car, stapling...
I wrote this a few years ago. I’m happy to say I no longer cry “every” morning, exception: Tearios for breakfast… Happy Matters A poem. Sorta. Just got up Brushed my teeth, Got some...
I managed to kill the monkey in my mind a little over a year ago. I used to over analyze everything. And, I mean everything… Even, my grocery list. I’ll do a separate post...
Often at the end of a quest the hero discovers that they had what they needed all along. The only reason why they eventually discover it is because they keep trying, they don’t quit....
I get up every morning at 4:10 am. I turn my outdoor heated blanket on high, put on the kettle, use the bathroom, brush my teeth, put some kvass in water, make a coffee...
You mad bro? Wet blanket syndrome. Most people experience it at one point or another but with the constant (quality of) sleep deprivation, people with narcolepsy or constant pain can be ‘afflicted’ more often. Say...
Sure, you can say happy matters but, why does it matter? Narcolepsy is a disease/disorder/illness fueled by emotions. Many of us hear from our doctors, “Oh, you’re just depressed.” Um, of course we are,...
One of my cataplexy triggers is irrational situations. After meds failed I had to dig deeper into it in my own head. Seeing things from a different perspective doesn’t eliminate my cataplexy but it...
