Recent content by TracyJS

Let me clarify: you don’t get to decide for other people. Of course, you can think or feel what you want about yourself or others. But you are not an authority on anyone else’s experience but your own. To present otherwise is absurd. And when combined with judgment and ridicule, it is simply cruel.

Exactly! That was my point. I don’t need to gain perspective. I’m very clear. You don’t get to decide what category of pain and suffering is real or valid and which is to be dismissed or, worse yet, ridiculed. You so give yourself away with that crybaby comment. I think people who have...

Would you say that to someone suffering from another kind of chronic severe pain condition? Your comment is ignorant, cruel, shaming, and stunningly arrogant. Please share your wisdom somewhere else. Maybe visit your local hospital. Look for those most in pain and tell them they are “feeling...

This is exactly what caused my acoustic trauma and severe tinnitus. I knew nothing about tinnitus or hyperacusis. I didn’t even know they existed when I moved in, so I didn’t know the dangers of having a fire alarm on your living room wall connected to the entire building. It went off one day...

I can’t comment on whether @Travis Henry has abused benzodiazepines or has taken them as prescribed by his doctor, but I think the distinction is important. Most people who are prescribed benzodiazepines by their doctor for legitimate medical reasons take them only as prescribed. If they...

You give yourself away with “a little bit of ringing...” People who have excruciating, tortuous, debilitatingly severe tinnitus are not experiencing a “little bit of ringing”. Would you characterize Parkinson’s as a little bit of shaking or debilitating migraines as a little headache? So...

After all these many years I still can’t fathom how anyone can look at or listen to Trump and not see what a severely compromised human being he is. Truly a malignant narcissist. If you are his sycophant and provide him with a continual supply of adoration (his drug of choice) you are good. If...

Oh my God.

John Lennon!

Hi Dave. Yes, much suffering. I wish for such a hug as well. ❤️❤️ Tracy

This is too harsh and critical even if the intentions are good. Understanding, empathy and encouragement are much more helpful.

Please leave this thread. People are suffering greatly and are in terrible pain. They deserve compassion, not shaming and blaming.

Nothing lasts forever And your best efforts don’t always pay Sometimes you get sick and you don’t get better Life is short even in its longest day ~John Mellencamp