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Tag Archives: chronic fatigue syndrome
My Former UCLA Classmate Is Now A Lieutenant Colonel In The U.S. Army
In the fall of 1988, I believed life could be normal again. I hoped to find a doctor who’d discover what was wrong with me and then I would return to the action full bore. I took three classes in … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, Personal
Tagged chronic fatigue syndrome, european economic history, full bore, lieutenant colonel, rolling stone magazine, semester calculus
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I’ve Got To Make Some Fundamental Changes With The Ways I Try To Sleep
I just read The Harvard Medical School’s Guide to a Good Night Sleep. When I came down with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in in February, 1988, I had to spend about 18 hours a day in bed (until the end of … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged chronic fatigue syndrome, Dennis Prager, good night sleep, harvard medical school, sleep apnea, sleep doctor
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I Don’t Need Your Contempt
I find few things as distancing as receiving contempt. As a guy, I hate to acknowledge a lack of competence in my man tasks, but since February 1988, I’ve been hamstrung by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and therefore been unable to … Continue reading
Posted in CFS, Personal
Tagged alexander technique teacher, chronic fatigue syndrome, competence, contempt, mistake
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Empathy & Shame
Throughout my life, I’ve had my narcissism interrupted by tides of empathy. I would suddenly see things as they really were for those around me and I would see how I was doing things that were unnecessarily hurting others and … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Technique, Personal
Tagged Alexander Technique, chronic fatigue syndrome, economics professor, eye on the prize, lightning flashes, Narcissism
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I’ll Never Forget Her Tears
* There was this girl in fifth grade (Avondale College Primary School) who liked me. I couldn’t stand it so I tortured her. I used to leave tacks on her chair. When she sat down, she’d scream and start crying. … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged avondale college, bed of nails, biology class, chronic fatigue syndrome, deliberate cruelty, orthodox shul, political science class, sierra community college, smart ass remarks, yetzer hara
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She Looked Like Julia Roberts
April 24, 1970. Two days after her 40th birthday, my mother pressed my father’s hand and said, “Thank you for a lovely life.” Then she slipped into a coma and died from bone cancer. I was not yet four. May, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged big breasts, chronic fatigue syndrome, conversion to judaism, loose girls, northridge earthquake, sierra community college, spunky woman
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I’m Having More CFS Relapses
Since I’ve started Alexander Technique teacher training, I’ve been having more Chronic Fatigue Syndrome relapses than normal. Why? Because I’m pushing myself more. I used to arrange my life so I could stay home 90% of the time and work … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander technique teacher, chronic fatigue syndrome, exhaustion, frail man, relapses
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I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends
When I quit writing on porn in October of 2007, I had $6,000 in the bank. Now I have $26,000 in credit card debt. I have $10,000 in other debts. And I owe my family about $9,000. Over the past … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander teacher, alexander technique lessons, chronic fatigue syndrome, credit card debt, health premiums, little help from my friends, psycho therapy
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My Fantasy Girl
Thursday night at Workmen’s Circle, I read this story: I met Jane at UCLA in the fall of 1988. I was an atheistic communist at the time, lost in the early stages of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I spent most of … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Sex
Tagged christian parents, chronic fatigue syndrome, conservative talk show host, couple of times a year, cup breasts, fantasy girl, luke ford, talk show host
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Denying Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Hillary Johnson writes in the New York Times: The illness became famous after an outbreak in 1984 around Lake Tahoe, in Nevada. Several hundred patients developed flu-like symptoms like fever, sore throat and headaches that led to neurological problems, including … Continue reading
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Tagged centers for disease control and prevention, chronic fatigue syndrome, emerging infectious diseases, hillary johnson, human herpesvirus, public panic
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