“You can be sure that if 85 percent of fibromyalgia patients were men, rendering them unable to work from extreme fatigue, bone-deep pain, and mind fog—there would be no problem getting the funding and research to look into this scourge upon the modern male workforce.”
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“We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.”
― The Gifts of Imperfection
― The Gifts of Imperfection
“When we demonize the feminine in women, we demonize it in men, too, causing tremendous imbalance for everyone.”
― The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness
― The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness
“Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart.”
― The Gifts of Imperfection
― The Gifts of Imperfection
“Healthy striving is self-focused: "How can I improve?" Perfectionism is other-focused: "What will they think?”
― The Gifts of Imperfection
― The Gifts of Imperfection
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