Jackie Murray
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Not pursuing your dreams is like being a bird that is afraid of heights.
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How I Healed Myself of Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia sucks! There really isn't a good description for it. Everything about this horrible disease sucks. Fibromyalgia is defined as a chronic disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and tenderness in localized areas. That definition sucks! Anyone who suffers from this disease can tell you that fibromyalgia is so much more than that. It affects every muscle of your body from the top of your head to the bottom of your feet. Experts estimate that there are about 700 muscles in the human body. One expert, Paul Ingraham, a science writer in Vancouver, Canada, states that "there are about 100 muscles that might get discussed in a gym (and of course only 20% of those get 80% of the shop talk), ~200 more muscles that are more obscure, roughly 400 more muscles that are really danged obscure, several million hair-raising muscles, several billion smooth muscles cells blended together, and exactly 1 heart muscle. He estimates that there are approximately 50,100,000,701 muscles, accurate to within 99%.
By Jackie Murray5 years ago in FYI
That Time I Tried to Stop Smoking
There's a new government study that finds almost 70 percent of American smokers want to quit. With more than half of those people trying to quit, only 6 percent succeed. 6%. Some people believe it's sheer willpower that allows someone to quit smoking. I believe there's an emotional attachment to smoking for some of us. I mean that it's difficult for a lot of us to quit smoking because we have triggers that make us want or need to smoke. My trigger is stress. Stress is how I was introduced to it. I started smoking at the age of 19 after a stressful incident. I was crying when one of my friends handed a cigarette to me. I continued to smoke. I found that smoking would give me a chance to think or count to 10, whenever I was faced with difficult situations. I could take a break. I didn't realize how much I needed those breaks until that time I tried to quit smoking.
By Jackie Murray5 years ago in Motivation
