Upcoming talk for the disability & chronic pain community on the science of pain and how to heal with @birdability.bsky.social - talk is free & accessible to all 💥💥💥

When: Mon 10/20 @ 7pm ET/4pm PT
Where: birdability.org

Join us!! 🙏🏼
#medsky #neuroskyence #disability #scisky 🧪

Saving Normal by Dr. Allen Frances is the most important book I've read in a decade, hands down. Covers the definitions of "normal" & "abnormal" mental health, & the over-medicalization/over-medicating of society.

5 stars. Recommend to everyone you know ⭐️ #medsky #psychsky #neuroskyence 🧪

Psychoneuroimmunology (def):
a field of science devoted to the INTERACTION btwn emotions, cognitions, neuroendocrine + immune systems-

📣 aka, the effect of #psychology on HEALTH, DISEASE, and PAIN💥💥💥

Brain + body are connected 💯%
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#MedSky #neuroskyence 🧠🧪

Seems this is a global thing...

PubMed Central is - WAS?!?!? - a *free* archive of science journals at the NIH National Library.
I've used this invaluable trove of knowledge for every paper & book I've ever written.
For the first time in my lifetime, it is no longer available to the public. WTAF?!?! 💔🧠☠️

A poem for your hump day. 🌤️

🥱 Chronic insomnia is a common sx of chronic pain.

❌ But poor sleep ➡️ more pain ➡️ worse sleep ➡️ more pain.

💊 Sleep meds aren't the answer & can make the problem worse.

🏆 The gold standard for tx is CBTi = CBT for insomnia.

✨The better we tx sleep, the better we tx pain✨
#medsky #neuroskyence 🧠

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding this post, but stimulus control is a key part of sleep hygiene! And CBTi is considered the gold standard for treating chronic insomnia 🙏🏼

He sucks. Like, really sucks. Did you see this??? 🙄🙄🙄

❌ There is no "pain center" in the brain.

🧠 Rather, pain is a diffuse neurological process involving MANY brain sites, including PFC (attention), cerebral cortex (thoughts) + limbic system, critical parts of our emotion circuitry💥

📣 Pain is *both* physical and emotional ALWAYS 👏🏼
#MedSky #psyscisky

Hiii Bluesky! Leaving the Twit after years spent creating a thriving science community, like so many of you 💔
But so happy to find y'all!! I post about pain science, neuroscience, and high-quality nerdiness 🧠 Please say hi & send tips!! 👋🏼🙏🏼🫶🏼

Went viral after reporting that a male colleague addressed the men in the room as "Dr," but refered to me as a "girl." 👧🏻 As in, "It's fun working with you girls." MAGA twitter responded with: "you liberals & your pronouns" & "make me a sandwich" 😂🙄😑
(Hi I'm new here 👋🏼)