Advertisements When you have chronic pain or are expecting to have a surgery that requires a lot of rest often you spend a lot of time in bed. Surgery recovereries sometimes can leave you bed bound for weeks and although tv marathons are a good...
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How I Take Care Of My Mental Health When I Am On Bedrest
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
May 17, 2022
Advertisements May is National Mental Health Awareness Month! Mental health struggles can be an issue for anyone but it’s not nearly as much of a struggle for abled people as it will be for someone who is stuck in bed and can’t do a whole...
Things In Life That I Don’t Like Doing But I Do Anyway
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
May 11, 2022
Advertisements Good health is important for everyone but let’s face it sometimes taking care of yourself can take a lot of time and effort. Disabled people often require more maintenance than abled people and sometimes people slack because they convince themselves it’s not that important...
Advertisements When you are disabled there are some things that you may like about your disability but there will be even more things that you don’t. As a disabled person, it’s is helpful to learn ways to accept your disability because it will make you...
How Family And Friends Create More Surgery Anxiety
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
April 29, 2022
Advertisements When you are expecting to have surgery it can be stressful for both the person experiencing it and their families who nurse them back them back to health. The stress between families and patient is not the same because although it may be hard...
Chronic Pain Myths You Need To Stop Believing
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
April 23, 2022
Advertisements When you live with a disability or chronic pain there will always be myths that people go around saying that they believe is true but is totally false. Chronic pain has myths like any disability but I think it can have even more stigma...
How To Be More Positive When Your Doctor Gives You Bad News
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
April 19, 2022
Advertisements When you have Spina Bifida sometimes you may need a lot of surgeries to stay healthy and manage your condition. Some people with Spina Bifida may not need as many but a lot of surgeries is a fact of life for some people and...
How Parents Can Feel Less Guilty For Their Child’s Disability
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
April 12, 2022
Advertisements Disabled people aren’t the only ones that struggle with acceptance and families do too, but more specifically parents have a real hard time with it. Parents often struggle with acceptance and in the beginning of your child’s diagnosis, you may even blame yourself for...
What You Should Be Telling Disabled People
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
April 6, 2022
Advertisements In my last post, I talked about a few things that you should never say to a disabled person and there is so much that you should never say that the list could go on forever. There is no shortness of things you shouldn’t...
Advertisements Abled people are always telling disabled people things they probably should have kept to themselves because it either comes off as abelist or kind of cheesy and everyone says it. I don’t think abled people are always trying to be rude but sometimes just...