Download or read book Behind the Mask of Invisible Pain written by Antoinette Terry and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personal account of journey with Chronic Pain Disease. Affects on the mind, body, and spirit. Evangelistic.
Download or read book The Beautiful Face of the Invisible Illness written by Nadia Monsano and published by . This book was released on 2024-04-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Beautiful Face of the Invisible Illness: Masking the Pain We Endure" is a profound and touching reality that speaks to the hidden struggles of those who suffer from invisible illnesses. These individuals often wear a mask of happiness and a beautiful smile while enduring immense physical and emotional pain. Beneath the smiles you often see, individuals mask their pain and forge through autoimmune challenges, ailments, and afflictions. This book, however, spotlights a few ladies who are courageous enough to shed light on the challenges and triumphs they have faced living with an invisible illness. Guided by visionary author Nadia Monsano, who brilliantly compiled a book showcasing the resilience of the human spirit, the authors share stories that are more than just tales of pain; they are golden gems of wisdom illuminating the path toward healing, understanding, and self-discovery. These hope-filled pages will usher any reader hiding behind a veil of suffering in silence into a place of hope and solidarity amongst kindred spirits.
Download or read book The Invisible Mask written by Catherine Hope and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you tired of feeling invisible and alone? There are few things worse than hiding behind an invisible mask with a fake smile, feeling unnoticed, unwanted, and desperately hoping that someone would notice the real you. Most of my life I struggled to fit in and to be accepted. I felt invisible and that I didn’t have a voice. Through my journey of finding acceptance and purpose, I wrote my prayers to God in the form of poems and wrote moments that I encountered a lesson learned or a struggle. I needed an outlet, so I wrote. What I didn’t expect was by doing so, I would find healing, acceptance, and love. I came to know of a loving Father who showed me that I wasn’t invisible, but loved by Him and had a purpose. God had a purpose for my tears and put it on my heart to share my journey with others. You deserve to be noticed, cared for, and valued. You are not alone but loved. My prayer is with this book others can and will find comfort and hope as my struggles point them to a Loving God, Savior, and Friend.
Download or read book The Pain Behind the Mask Releasing My Past and Letting It Go written by Lisa Nixon and published by . This book was released on 2022-09-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has allowed me to tell my truth, heal, reflect, grow, and come to peace with the ups and downs I have experienced on my 50 -year journey on earth. The old chapters of my life are now and forever closed. The next chapter of my life is going to be simply amazing!
Download or read book Invisible Pain written by Hairuo Ding and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My thesis work was the exploration and thinking of the outbursts that can occur out of hiding emotions in people's minds, and the prejudice against mental illness. It was based on a question in my mind: Is psychological injury a real injury? If so, why do people always advocate gratitude for suffering? Why is it that when someone is experiencing frustration and pain, it's just seen as an obstacle to become a better person? What about the scars that these extreme emotions create, the ones that are hidden deep within people's hearts, under the polite and cheerful appearance that they strive to maintain every day? Do we really need to be grateful for the suffering? Is it possible that the indelible pain that's being left behind mental injury behind this facade of, "being better" is being ignored? With these questions, and after a lot of research, testing and developing, I chose two groups of works with different ways to express my thinking. The first work was very intuitive and straightforward. I tried to show the collapsed state that destroyed people's mind and body. The state that seemed normal on the outside,but exploded into ruins on the inside. I intend to magnify and reshape the inner pain that people cannot see directly. I feel that this type of large installation will allow the audience to be immersed within the pieces and bring out the most direct feelings. What you see in that moment is what you feel. In the second work, I learned new techniques such as embroidery, and woodworking, and used many materials which related to the first group of work,but utilized different techniques.I combined embroidery,a very traditional technique, with contemporary art in a special way: fusing the medium, which was ordinarily more 2d into a 3d work, combining plastic and other materials in order to create something wholly new and modern. The work that is presented to the audience in the end is exquisite, clean, ornamental, and seems completely unrelated to the first group of work. It requires people to think about the true meaning under this mask of exquisite skin. I think the combination of these two groups of works allow my concept to be completed, helping the audience understand mental illness better, and allowing for the realization that we should be more imaginative about the suffering of others. In other words, I want to help to de-stigmatize mental illness."--Abstract.
Download or read book Broken Little Pieces written by Kizmat Tention and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broken Little Pieces is what happens when you can no longer wear the mask of perfection. It's when you finally accept that you are flawed, shattered, and unable to recognize your own face in the mirror. It's preferring the darkness because the light forces you to see the masks that have no connection to who you truly are within. It's when you have worn so many masks for so many people that you begin to lose track of which mask was shown to whom. Broken Little Pieces takes you on the journey that feels like a stripping down to the core of who you are; in order to be built up to who you should be. It's learning to pick up all of the pieces to create the mosaic of your life's dna. It's accepting your past, pain, and shame and no longer allowing it to define you. It's realizing that your are imperfectly whole with all of your broken little pieces. Allowing yourself to be brave, vulnerable, and mask free. Refusing to no longer be invisible, but loving yourself as a unique work of art. Come along on my journey as I show you how an Invisible child grew up to become an Invisible wife. A life's journey forever searching to be seen, heard, and validated. You will see how my invisibility allowed me to create masks and the illusion of perfection in every area of my life. It will help you to identify your masks and provide a path to a life that is mask free.
Download or read book Atmospheres of Breathing written by Lenart Škof and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a physiological or biological matter, breath is mostly considered to be mechanical and thoughtless. By expanding on the insights of many religions and therapeutic practices, which emphasize the cultivation of breath, the contributors argue that breath should be understood as fundamentally and comprehensively intertwined with human life and experience. Various dimensions of the respiratory world are referred to as "atmospheres" that encircle and connect human existence, coexistence, and the world. Drawing from a number of traditions of breathing, including from Indian and East Asian religion and philosophy, the book considers breath in relation to ontological, hermeneutical, phenomenological, ethical, and aesthetic concerns in philosophy. The wide-ranging topics include poetry, theater, environmental issues and health, feminism, and media studies.
Download or read book Invisible Illnesses written by Gloria Gilbere N.D., D.A. Hom., Ph.D. and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2010-04-20 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of people are discovering they are victims of conditions such as chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, intestinal permeability (a.k.a. leaky gut syndrome), etc.; although these are all relatively new terms to most of us, they are real and debilitating for those who suffer from them. Invisible Illnesses, 2nd Edition covers all these conditions, as well as multiple chemical sensitivities, chemically induced immune system disorders and prescription drug withdrawal syndrome among others. It introduces natural therapies and lifestyle modifications for overcoming these disorders. They emphasize diet, supplementation, non-toxic therapies, environmental modifications, and therapies that encourage the healing process-reserving drugs and surgery as a last resort. With this book, and the guidance of a naturopath or integrative medical doctor, readers can learn what is needed to achieve optimal health, naturally.
Download or read book Behind the Mask written by Mariaconcetta Costantini and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Black Duck Moments Every Day Daily Affirmations for Chronic Pain and Chronic Illness written by Bruce F. Singer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-07-16 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're reading this, you either have a chronic condition or know someone who does. Opiate overdoses, depression, loss of productivity, suicide: The consequences of a chronic condition touch us all. How is that we can have so many procedures and surgeries and medications and still feel miserable? How do we find even a moment of happiness when the pain is killing us? In this inspirational, wise, and accessible book, Bruce F. Singer provides a daily dose of hope to address the underlying thoughts and feelings that magnify chronic pain and suffering. "This book is incredible. It is a wealth of information and a needed and friendly companion for anyone dealing with chronic illness. It is the perfect accompaniment for self-care as it is a daily practice of compassion, acknowledgment, and growth. This is a must-have for anyone living with pain!" -Nicole Hemmenway, U.S. Pain Foundation and the INvisible Project
Download or read book Between The Lines written by Ayaan Sahota and published by Blue Hill Publications. This book was released on 2023-08-12 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Between The Lines" is a captivating collection of poetry that focuses on unveiling some of the most raw emotions of human nature. Each poem lingers in the duality of times between Lost & Aware, Good & Evil, and Light & Dark. It is meant to find those who cannot find the words to express themselves and their thoughts., With this book, the readers are taken on a path of self-discovery, as they navigate the raw emotions that come with being human. It is a testament to the power of words to connect us all, as we find solace in the knowledge that we are not alone in the complexities of the human experience.
Download or read book Broken Little Pieces written by Kizmat Tention and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broken Little Pieces is what happens when you can no longer wear the mask of perfection. It's when you finally accept that you are flawed, shattered, and unable to recognize your own face in the mirror. It's preferring the darkness because the light forces you to see the masks that have no connection to who you truly are within. It's when you have worn so many masks for so many people that you begin to lose track of which mask was shown to whom. Broken Little Pieces takes you on the journey that feels like a stripping down to the core of who you are; in order to be built up to who you should be. It's learning to pick up all of the pieces to create the mosaic of your life's dna. It's accepting your past, pain, and shame and no longer allowing it to define you. It's realizing that your are imperfectly whole with all of your broken little pieces. Allowing yourself to be brave, vulnerable, and mask free. Refusing to no longer be invisible, but loving yourself as a unique work of art. Come along on my journey as I show you how an Invisible child grew up to become an Invisible wife. A life's journey forever searching to be seen, heard, and validated. You will see how my invisibility allowed me to create masks and the illusion of perfection in every area of my life. It will help you to identify your masks and provide a path to a life that is mask free.
Download or read book Brothers in Grief written by Nora Gross and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2024-10-14 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartbreaking account of grief, Black boyhood, and how we can support young people as they navigate loss. JahSun, a dependable, much-loved senior at Boys’ Prep was just hitting his stride in the fall of 2017. He had finally earned a starting position on the varsity football team and was already weighing two college acceptances. Then, over Thanksgiving, tragedy struck. An altercation at his older sister’s home escalated into violence, killing the unarmed teenager in a hail of bullets. JahSun’s untimely death overwhelmed his entire community, sending his family, friends, and school into seemingly insurmountable grief. Worse yet, that spring two additional Boys’ Prep students would be shot to death in their neighborhood. JahSun and his peers are not alone in suffering the toll of gun violence, as every year in the United States teenagers die by gunfire in epidemic numbers, with Black boys most deeply affected. Brothers in Grief closely attends to the neglected victims of youth gun violence: the suffering friends and classmates who must cope, mostly out of public view, with lasting grief and hidden anguish. Set at an ambitious urban high school for boys during the heartbreaking year following the death of JahSun, the book chronicles the consequences of untimely death on Black teen boys and on a school community struggling to recover. Sociologist Nora Gross tells the story of students attempting to grapple with unthinkable loss, inviting readers in to observe how they move through their days at school and on social media in the aftermath of their friends’ and classmates’ deaths. Gross highlights the discrepancy between their school’s educational mission and teachers’ and administrators’ fraught attempts to care for students’ emotional wellbeing. In the end, the school did not provide adequate space for grief, making it more difficult for students to heal, reengage with school, and imagine hopeful futures. Even so, supportive relationships deepened among students and formed across generations, offering promising examples of productive efforts to channel student grief into positive community change. A searing testimony of our collective failure to understand the inner lives of our children in crisis, Brothers in Grief invites us all to wrestle with the hidden costs of gun violence on racial and educational inequity.
Download or read book True Freedom written by Rick Bosch and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True Freedom is all about healing and change. There are many things that can stop or prevent individuals from moving forward. These obstacles can be things like alcohol, anger, pills, food, pornography, or unhealthy relationships. So, what can be done? Throughout True Freedom, readers learn important choices and practical action steps that helps move them forward in a positive direction. Rick Bosch’s personal experience and the work he has done over the last 15 years with people has allowed him to develop a process that includes making specific choices and taking actions that are essential in discovering freedom. Imagine living a life of transparency, free from fear and regrets. That is what readers find within the pages of True Freedom.
Download or read book AI 2041 written by Kai-Fu Lee and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How will AI change our world within twenty years? A pioneering technologist and acclaimed writer team up for a “dazzling” (The New York Times) look at the future that “brims with intriguing insights” (Financial Times). This edition includes a new foreword by Kai-Fu Lee. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Financial Times Long before the advent of ChatGPT, Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan understood the enormous potential of artificial intelligence to transform our daily lives. But even as the world wakes up to the power of AI, many of us still fail to grasp the big picture. Chatbots and large language models are only the beginning. In this “inspired collaboration” (The Wall Street Journal), Lee and Chen join forces to imagine our world in 2041 and how it will be shaped by AI. In ten gripping, globe-spanning short stories and accompanying commentary, their book introduces readers to an array of eye-opening settings and characters grappling with the new abundance and potential harms of AI technologies like deep learning, mixed reality, robotics, artificial general intelligence, and autonomous weapons.
Download or read book Spiritual Blues and Jazz People in African American Fiction written by A. Yemisi Jimoh and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jimoh (English, U. of Arkansas-Fayetteville) investigates African American intracultural issues that inform a more broadly intertextual use of music in creating characters and themes in fiction by US black writers. Conventional close readings of texts, she argues, often miss historical-sociopolitical discourses that can illuminate African American narratives. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Tinfoil Butterfly written by Rachel Eve Moulton and published by MCD x FSG Originals. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shining meets About a Boy in this electrifying debut about a troubled young woman and a lonely boy facing their demons in the frozen Black Hills. Emma is hitchhiking across the United States, trying to outrun a violent, tragic past, when she meets Lowell, the hot-but-dumb driver she hopes will take her as far as the Badlands. But Lowell is not as harmless as he seems, and a vicious scuffle leaves Emma bloody and stranded in an abandoned town in the Black Hills with an out-of-gas van, a loaded gun, and a snowstorm on the way. The town is eerily quiet and Emma takes shelter in a diner, where she stumbles across Earl, a strange little boy in a tinfoil mask who steals her gun before begging her to help him get rid of “George.” As she is pulled deeper into Earl’s bizarre, menacing world, the horrors of Emma’s past creep closer, and she realizes she can’t run forever. Tinfoil Butterfly is a seductively scary, chilling exploration of evil—how it sneaks in under your skin, flaring up when you least expect it, how it throttles you and won't let go. The beauty of Rachel Eve Moulton's ferocious, harrowing, and surprisingly moving debut is that it teaches us that love can do that, too.
