Coping With Mental Health: Medications...Treating mental health conditions with prescription drugs is common. About 16 percent of American adults take medicine for a mental health condition. It is not necessary to suffer in silence...
Coping With Mental Health: Psychotherapy (Talk Therapy)...Psychotherapy is also known as talk therapy, counseling, or simply therapy. Psychotherapy is used to help with a wide range of mental health conditions or challenges. Therapy sessions can be...
Mental Health Myths and Facts...There are many myths and misconceptions about mental health. Because of the stigma around mental health conditions, it is important to know the facts. This article aims to dispel these...
3 Tips for Caregivers When They’re Not Needed...Sometimes Keegan, my husband with AxSpa, doesn’t need me. Sometimes, Keegan is back at 80% or 90% or 99%, and I am not needed. It’s a strange place to be...reactions4comments
General Mental Health Resources...Living with a mental health condition may pose many challenges. It requires coping, finding treatment, and managing the impact of the condition on family, friendships, and work. Stigma can make...
What Is Mental Health?...Mental health is the range of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that affect your well-being and how you relate to others. Just like good physical health, good mental health is vital...
Coming Out of the "Chronic Closet"...To be frank - when I was first diagnosed with AS I was embarrassed. I didn’t know a single person with an arthritic condition aside from my grandmother who was...reactions14comments
A Piece of My Heart...I woke this morning around 4:30 a.m. thinking of my father. When I was a child, he was up at the crack of dawn watching the sunrise, drinking his instant...reactions3comments
March Is the Worst Month (and the Best Month)...I’m sitting here after a long day of work along with Keegan, my husband with AS, talking about how the weather wrecks his body every spring. For Keegan, while the...reactions1comment
There Is No Universal AS Experience...One of the things that really helped me understand and move through some of the grief and confusion of my AS diagnosis was the realization that not everyone with ankylosing...reactions4comments
Self-Care For Spoonies: More Than A Buzzword...The National Institute on Mental Health says that self-care “means taking the time to do things that help you live well and improve both your physical health and mental health.”...reactions4comments
Working with AS...How do you find the world of work whilst managing the condition? I'm a teacher in the UK and the fatigue after a day at school is unreal. I work...reactions14repliesTips & Advice
Thrown Upside Down and Thrown About Twice...I sit here thinking as I’m about to put pen to paper so to speak. It’s hard to believe I was diagnosed over 35 years ago. I stop shaking my...reactions8comments
Take the Health and Media Habits Survey!...The Media Habits Survey is now closed. Thank you for your interest! Managing a chronic condition is not easy and can be physically and mentally exhausting. What types of media...reactionscomments
Lifting COVID Restrictions Makes Me Nervous...In 2022, everyone is extremely sick of the COVID-19 pandemic. Trust me, so am I. I’m just not so eager to completely get back to normal, and here’s why. I...reactions1comment
Does anyone use a push bike with AS?...How does cycling affect AS for worse or better? Tell us your story....reactions3repliesAxial Spondyloarthritis CopingExercise
Creating Routines With Unpredictable Symptoms...Cultivating and sticking to a strict routine when your symptoms can change, worsen or arise quite suddenly can be challenging to say the least. I have always been someone who...reactions3comments
2022 SpA Awareness Month Giveaway Terms & Conditions...Official Rules, Terms and Conditions for the Spondyloarthritis Awareness Month 2022 Giveaway NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE...reactionscomments
Have you taken up any new hobbies or activities since being diagnosed with AxSpa?...Being diagnosed with AxSpa can bring some major lifestyle changes. Many have to give up hobbies and activities important to them as they can no longer participate due to pain...reactions42repliesTips & AdviceCommunity SupportCoping
Returning to Rock Climbing...When I was in graduate school, I started dating my future husband, who was a rock climber. After a few months of dating and not seeing him on the weekends...reactions6comments
