Download or read book A Silent Pain written by Dr Narayana Somaratne and published by Australian Self Publishing Group. This book was released on 2023-11-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is my autobiography written in a fictional style. I was born into a well-to do-family, but happened to live in extreme poverty. After the death of my father, my mother had to raise seven children on her own, with nothing but hard work and love. With relentless effort, collective love and the support of my siblings, we have all managed to break through the nexus of poverty. Finding myself in a loveless marriage, I suffered three bouts of depression, which I tolerated because of my responsibility for looking after my three lovely children. The last depression was so powerful I came close to suicide. With the advice of some close friends, I managed to achieve an amazing recovery. The purpose of this book is to convey to people that both men and women can survive and move on with their lives and reach happiness. It further advocates: · If you contemplating suicide, talk to a close friend. · If you are in love with someone, do not marry anyone else. · If you have a duty, do it, no matter how many difficulties you may face. · Forget the past and stay with your own consciousness. You can find happiness, which is not too far away; it is within you.
Download or read book Silent Pain written by Donna M. Stout and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-21 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mother's tragic and senseless death leads her daughter to investigate the terrifying world of medical mistakes. It is a cold February night when Donna receives the shocking news. Her mother, Mary, is in the ICU of her local hospital. She is bleeding into her abdomen, and her organs are beginning to shut down. How did this happen? Donna wonders. Her mother had gone to the hospital for flu-like symptoms, and she was to be released the next day, but when Donna and her husband, Ken, arrive at the hospital in Kentucky, they find Mary near death. Over the next few days, Donna begins to suspect a grave error that was made by the doctors in charge of her mother's care. After Mary's passing, Donna decides to order a copy of her medical records, and she quickly discovers what actually happened at the hospital-the mistakes that cost her mother her life. Silent Pain is the true story of a daughter who not only had to cope with the loss of her mother, but the grief caused by the carelessness of medical professionals. A loving tribute from a daughter to a mother, this poignant book is also a call to action-to be knowledgeable advocates for your loved one's medical care. About the Author Donna M. Stout grew up in Kentucky and Texas before settling down in Northern Michigan, where she met and married her husband, Ken. She has two boys and two girls and is the grandmother of four. After her mother's death, Donna realized that no one should be subjected to the consequences of medical malpractice, and came to realize her story had to be told. Donna has been in real estate and retail sales for most of her career, and she is now retired. She enjoys spending time with her family, and urging people to question doctors who prescribe drugs that may have dangerous, sometimes fatal, consequences.
Download or read book Black Suffering written by James Henry Harris and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Black Suffering, James Henry Harris explores the nexus of injustices, privations, and pains that contribute to the daily suffering seen and felt in the lives of Black folks. This suffering is so normalized in American life that it often goes unnoticed, unseen, and even--more often--purposely ignored. The reality of Black suffering is both omnipresent and complicated--both a reaction to and a result of the reality of white supremacy, its psychological and historical legacy, and its many insidious and fractured expressions within contemporary culture. Because Black suffering is so wholly disregarded, it must be named, discussed, and analyzed. Black Suffering articulates suffering as an everyday reality of Black life. Harris names suffering's many manifestations, both in history and in the present moment, and provides a unique portrait of the ways Black suffering has been understood by others. Drawing on decades of personal experience as a pastor, theologian, and educator, Harris gives voice to suffering's practical impact on church leaders as they seek to forge a path forward to address this huge and troubling issue. Black Suffering is both a mixtape and a call to consciousness, a work that identifies Black suffering, shines a light on the insidious normalization of the phenomenon, and begins a larger conversation about correcting the historical weight of suffering carried by Black people. The book combines elements of memoir, philosophy, historical analysis, literary criticism, sermonic discourse, and even creative nonfiction to present a "remix" of the suffering experienced daily by Black people.
Download or read book Silent Pain written by Heather Schuller and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-29 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abused, raped, and beaten; this girl went through hell only to come back stronger than ever!"It just felt like every corner I turned was a sick evil man lurking."Heather was taken advantage of by many older and more powerful men. Her own step dad would beat her and molest her, while her mother did nothing even though she knew about it. Even the social system was not in Heather's favor, she was never looked out after and was always brought back to that horrifying house where she hated being. She was also bullied in school, and grew up in a rough neighborhood with financial troubles. Drugs also played a huge part in her story as it affected her and the ones around her."I began to wonder what I did in my past life to have such horrible things happen to me. I swear I must have been Hitler or something. I had to have murdered millions of people to be hit so hard in this life. I had nothing else to blame. If I was I just want to apologize right now, I swear whatever I did I'm sorry."But all wasn't terrible in her life, she was able to have beautiful kids and raise a family through all the tough times. She learned from her mistakes, and grew to be be a better person. The tough times carved her into the person she is today, and she is Damn proud of herself and who she became."I've had opportunities to live a high roller life, but that all came with an emotional price I wasn't willing to pay. I tried to go the other way and work my way through life, live my dream of being an accomplished writer and raise a family. It was all I dreamed about, always. But I was handed some tough cards to try to make anything out of it, but I am one damn good poker player."Join Heather in her sad but inspiring journey as she teaches you life lessons and vividly depicts the world for what it what really was through her eyes.Buy now to learn what happened to Heather and how she over came all the struggles in her life
Download or read book Hurts So Good written by Leigh Cowart and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of why people all over the world love to engage in pain on purpose--from dominatrices, religious ascetics, and ultramarathoners to ballerinas, icy ocean bathers, and sideshow performers Masochism is sexy, human, reviled, worshipped, and can be delightfully bizarre. Deliberate and consensual pain has been with us for millennia, encompassing everyone from Black Plague flagellants to ballerinas dancing on broken bones to competitive eaters choking down hot peppers while they cry. Masochism is a part of us. It lives inside workaholics, tattoo enthusiasts, and all manner of garden variety pain-seekers. At its core, masochism is about feeling bad, then better—a phenomenon that is long overdue for a heartfelt and hilarious investigation. And Leigh Cowart would know: they are not just a researcher and science writer—they’re an inveterate, high-sensation seeking masochist. And they have a few questions: Why do people engage in masochism? What are the benefits and the costs? And what does masochism have to say about the human experience? By participating in many of these activities themselves, and through conversations with psychologists, fellow scientists, and people who seek pain for pleasure, Cowart unveils how our minds and bodies find meaning and relief in pain—a quirk in our programming that drives discipline and innovation even as it threatens to swallow us whole.
Download or read book Silent Inflammation written by Dr Bruce Miller and published by Oak Publication Sdn Bhd. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do unrelated diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease, obesity, asthma, depression, premature aging and an army of diseases ending with ‘it is’ such as gastritis, sinusitis, arthritis, have in common? Answer: The buzz word called inflammation. “Inflammation may well turn out to be the exclusive Holy Grail of medicine- the single phenomenon that holds the key to sickness & health,” firmly says Joel Meggs, author of The Inflammation Cure. Silent Inflammation falls just below the radar of pain & visible swelling. It is akin to living with a volcano inside you. Even though you are feeling well and on top of the world right now, odds are that silent inflammation can be simmering in your body. Like a slow poison, silent inflammation can gradually destroy your body organs & tissues without you feeling it until a chronic disease surfaces in the form of diabetes, heart disease or even cancer that may prove fatal. I challenge you today to make a decision to reduce silent inflammation in your body if you want to move towards wellness as every pain, every chronic disease and every pound of weight gained in your body revolves around silent inflammation. Control it and you will feel better, look better, think better and perform better. This is what this book is about.
Download or read book When Pain Is Real and God Seems Silent written by Ligon Duncan and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the midst of our suffering we need a wake-up call to the truth that God’s steadfast love never ceases.” —Dave Furman, Senior Pastor, Redeemer Church of Dubai; author, Being There and Kiss the Wave Are you feeling despondent, depressed, or discouraged? When we encounter severe trials and suffering, we are often tempted to think that our situation is somehow out of God’s hands. In these dark times, God seems silent, and we feel isolated, confused, and alone. Everyone experiences suffering; even the biblical writers expressed anguish at times. This emotion is clearly captured in the Psalms. Through these brief meditations on Psalms 88 and 89, Ligon Duncan shows us how to respond to our own suffering with the assurance of our heavenly Father’s mercy, which sustains us even in the darkest circumstances.
Download or read book Move Without Pain written by Martha Peterson and published by Union Square + ORM. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pain relief expert provides a gentle workout to relax and release tight muscles and help you move through the world more comfortably. Unlearn the psychic and physical responses to stress that cause discomfort—in less than 15 minutes a day! These safe, easy, natural movements will relax and release chronically tight muscles, resulting in a more efficient, coordinated, and pain-free body. Discover a gentle workout that can be done anywhere, anytime—at any age. Includes: Movements to help ease pain in your back, neck, hips, and other areas Facts on how the brain interacts with your musculoskeletal system Tips on developing body awareness and changing bad posture habits Photos illustrating postures and exercises and more “This book shows us how to regain the ease and freedom of movement of our youth.” —C. William Hanson III, MD, Professor of Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania
Download or read book Suffering in Silence written by Jochen Schleese and published by Trafalgar Square Books. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans and horses have been joined for thousands of years, and for much of that time, one thing has served as the primary point of physical contact between them: the saddle. However, for many horses and many riders, the saddle has been no less than a refined means of torture. Horses have long suffered from tree points impeding the movement of their shoulder blades; too narrow gullet channels damaging the muscles and nerves along the vertebrae; and too long panels putting harmful pressure on the reflex point in the loin area. Male riders saddle up despite riding-related pain and the potential for serious side effects, such as impotence, while female riders endure backache, slipped discs, and bladder infections, to name just a few common issues. We must ask ourselves: How much better could we ride and how much better could our horses perform if our saddles fit optimally? If they accommodated the horse’s unique conformation and natural asymmetry? If they were built for the differing anatomy of men and women? The answers to all these questions are right here, right now, in this book.
Download or read book Purpose For The Pain written by Renee Yohe and published by Purpose For The Pain. This book was released on 2008 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pain written by Zeruya Shalev and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Zeruya Shalev is one of my favorite contemporary writers, her work always spiky and original, and Pain is a searing book, a wild and ravenous story of family entanglement and impossible yearning.” —Lauren Groff, author of Florida and Fates and Furies A powerful, astute novel that exposes how old passions can return, testing our capacity to make choices about what is most essential in life. Ten years after she was seriously injured in a terrorist attack, the pain comes back to torment Iris. But that is not all: Eitan, the love of her youth, also comes back into her life. Though their relationship ended many years ago, she was more deeply wounded when he left her than by the suicide bomber who blew himself up next to her. Iris's marriage is stagnant. Her two children have grown up and are almost independent; she herself has become a dedicated, successful school principal. Now, after years without passion and joy, Eitan brings them back into her life. But she must concoct all sorts of lies to conceal her affair from her family, and the lies become more and more complicated. Is this an impossible predicament, or on the contrary a scintillating revelation of the many ways life's twists and turns can bring us to a place we would never have expected to be?
Download or read book Sparks Like Ours written by Melissa Brayden and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gia Malone wants one thing and one thing only: to be the best surfer in the world. Her biggest obstacle is the annoyingly perky Elle Britton. Not only is Elle number one in the rankings, she’s also a fan favorite. But there’s a lot about Elle that Gia never noticed, like her surprising sense of humor and picture-perfect mouth. Elle Britton is tired. After tournaments, fan meet-ups, and nonstop media requests, all she wants in the world is a little peace and quiet. But with Gia Malone closing in on her ranking, she has to surf her best. When the media picks up the story of their neck and neck status, Elle finds herself forced further into the spotlight, this time alongside Gia, the knockout with the killer shred and sexy smile. It’s not long before there’s no denying the chemistry on and off the beach. But only one can win…
Download or read book Manage Your Pain written by Michael Nicholas and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronic pain is a silent epidemic, with one in five people suffering in their day-to-day life.An indispensible guide to understanding why your pain persists, what is going on inside your body and the symptoms that pain triggers, Manage Your Pain presents possible medical treatments and guides you through practical exercises for daily life. Dr Nicholas and Dr Molloy's strategies make it possible to set short and long term goals that will minimise the impact of pain on both work and leisure. In short, this book offers clarity and control.- Draws on the authors' extensive experience and the latest research - Clearly explains the causes of pain - Offers positive and practical ways to minimise the impact of pain- Revised and updated - Includes a chapter on pain management for older people
Download or read book A Bright Red Scream written by Marilee Strong and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I highly recommend [A Bright Red Scream], because it’s beautifully written and . . . so candid.” —Amy Adams, star of HBO's Sharp Objects in Entertainment Weekly Self-mutilation is a behavior so shocking that it is almost never discussed. Yet estimates are that upwards of eight million Americans are chronic self-injurers. They are people who use knives, razor blades, or broken glass to cut themselves. Their numbers include the actor Johnny Depp, Girl Interrupted author Susanna Kaysen, and the late Princess Diana. Mistakenly viewed as suicide attempts or senseless masochism—even by many health professionals—"cutting" is actually a complex means of coping with emotional pain. Marilee Strong explores this hidden epidemic through case studies, startling new research from psychologists, trauma experts, and neuroscientists, and the heartbreaking insights of cutters themselves--who range from troubled teenagers to middle-age professionals to grandparents. Strong explains what factors lead to self-mutilation, why cutting helps people manage overwhelming fear and anxiety, and how cutters can heal both their internal and external wounds and break the self-destructive cycle. A Bright Red Scream is a groundbreaking, essential resource for victims of self-mutilation, their families, teachers, doctors, and therapists.
Download or read book After Great Pain written by Diane Cole and published by Winedale Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diane Cole has written on diverse subjects for many national publications, including Psychology Today, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
Download or read book Chasing Men on Fire written by Stephen G. Waxman and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thirty-year quest, from genes to pain-signaling neurons to people with a rare genetic disorder that makes them feel they are on fire. Two soldiers, both with wounds injuring the same nerve, show very different responses: one is disabled by neuropathic pain, unable to touch the injured limb because even the lightest contact triggers excruciating discomfort; the other notices numbness but no pain at all. Could the difference lie in their genes? In this book, described in the foreword by Nobel Laureate James Rothman as “so well written that it reads like a detective novel,” Stephen Waxman recounts the search for a gene that controls pain—a search spanning more than thirty years and three continents. The story moves from genes to pain-signaling neurons that scream when they should be silent to people with a rare genetic disorder who feel they are on fire. Waxman explains that if pain-signaling neurons are injured by trauma or disease, they can become hyperactive and send pain signals to the brain even without external stimulus. Studying the hyperactive mutant pain gene in man on fire syndrome has pointed the way to molecules that produce pain more broadly within the general population, in the rest of us. Waxman's account of the many steps that led to discovery of the pain gene tells the story behind the science, of how science happens.
Download or read book Things I ve Been Silent About written by Azar Nafisi and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Absorbing . . . a testament to the ways in which narrative truth-telling—from the greatest works of literature to the most intimate family stories—sustains and strengthens us.”—O: The Oprah Magazine In this stunning personal story of growing up in Iran, Azar Nafisi shares her memories of living in thrall to a powerful and complex mother against the backdrop of a country’s political revolution. A girl’s pain over family secrets, a young woman’s discovery of the power of sensuality in literature, the price a family pays for freedom in a country beset by upheaval—these and other threads are woven together in this beautiful memoir as a gifted storyteller once again transforms the way we see the world and “reminds us of why we read in the first place” (Newsday). BONUS: This edition contains a Things I've Been Silent About discussion guide. Praise for Things I've Been Silent About “Deeply felt . . . an affecting account of a family’s struggle.”—New York Times “A gifted storyteller with a mastery of Western literature, Nafisi knows how to use language both to settle scores and to seduce.”—New York Times Book Review “An immensely rewarding and beautifully written act of courage, by turns amusing, tender and obsessively dogged.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A lyrical, often wrenching memoir.”—People
