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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 1d

IBS-like symptoms are common in Fibromyalgia & ME/CFS due to the gut-brain axis. Chronic pain and stress disrupt digestion, causing bloating, cramps, and food sensitivities.How are you supporting your gut? Drop a 💜💜💜or share tips🫶

#livingwithfibromyalgia #ibsawareness

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IBS-like symptoms are common in Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS due to the gut-brain axis. Chronic pain and stress disrupt digestion, causing bloating, cramps, and f...

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A Chronic Voice @achronicvoice.com · 4d

" #Painkillers mask the evidence of #ChronicPain somewhat, yet they often provide minimal relief. A #body gone rogue is not easy to tame. And taming it requires a surprising element of trust.": buff.ly/gjPY6hU

#MondayBlogs #InvisibleIllness

If Not For Painkillers... How They Help Me To Live An "okay" Life With Chronic Illness.

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A Chronic Voice @achronicvoice.com · 4d

"“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.” – Rick Warren." - I like this quote because #humility is one of the #values I treasure the most. It's important to know your #SelfWorth too however! buff.ly/WJ4jFwp

#FoodForThought #spoonie

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A Chronic Voice @achronicvoice.com · 2d

“"I was prob in the best shape of my life when this happened," Meade says, adding that she would run about 5-10 miles a day. She had a young child & a teenager..who loved playing sports & she would play with them”: buff.ly/T1EmneM

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#motherhood #CRPS #spoonie #ChronicPain #women

This chronic pain condition almost only affects women. Most never get treated.

Years after a painful injury, she was finally diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome, which mainly affects women but often goes undiagnosed.

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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 2d

If you see someone “looking well,” remember: you’re witnessing a fleeting moment, not the full picture. You haven’t seen the pain, the pacing, the mental fog, or the quiet breakdowns behind closed doors. You haven’t seen the resilience it takes just to be present.
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#spoonies

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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 2d

Showing up actively each day as a chronic illness warrior is far from easy. It takes immense physical strength and cognitive effort often more than others can imagine.

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#diaryofafibrowarrior💜
#spooniesoftiktok #fibromyalgia #chronicillnes #MentalHealth

The Hidden Truth of “Showing Up,” as Chronic Illness Warrior| #chronicillness #fibromyalgia #mecfs

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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 3d

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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 4d

Struggling with severe chronic pain and looking for ways to ease symptoms? Discover compassionate, experience-based guidance from a fellow warrior to help you understand and manage your symptoms more effectively
Learn more >>> bit.ly/4o7sy9l

#chronicpain #fibromyalgia

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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 5d

For many of us #Fibromyalgia and #mecsf warriors, the world doesn’t just feel overwhelming it feels hostile. Lights can be too bright. Sounds too sharp. Touches too intense… can send your nervous system into overdrive Learn more and subscribe for updates🫶

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When the World Feels Too Loud: Navigating Sensory Overload with Chronic Illness #sensoryoverload

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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 7d

Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS pain isn’t just one thing it’s many things, all at once. It can feel widespread, migratory, burning, tingling, stabbing, or like a deep ache that never quite fades.

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#diaryofafibrowarrior💜
#fibromyalgia #chronicpain #mecfs

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Beyond “Just Pain” 💜 Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS pain isn’t just one thing it’s many things, all at once. It can feel widespread, migratory, burning, tingling, s...

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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 7d

#chronicillnesswarriors - Looking to connect with Warriors interested in co-hosting live streams, to raise further awareness, minimise isolation and support each other.

DM @ Tiktok. Look forward to connecting or share please🫶💜

#fibromyalgia #cfs #mecfs #chronicillness #spoonies

Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 10d

#sharing is love Looking to connect with #chronicillness warriors. Feel isolated, misunderstood, struggle with easing symptoms & looking to connect with others who can relate judgement free, let’s connect🫶
Learn more & follow for updates!
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#fibromyalgia #cfs

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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 7d

Day 4: The Invisible Storm. The biggest battle is often fought in silence, behind a “fine” smile.

#fibrowarrior Your experience is valid, even when no one else can see it. You don’t owe anyone proof🫶

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#diaryofafibrowarrior💜 #chronicillness #cfs #mecfs #fibromyalgia

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Day 4: The Invisible Storm. Just because you can’t see our symptoms doesn’t mean they aren’t real. The biggest battle is often fought in silence, behind a “f...

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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 10d

#sharing is love Looking to connect with #chronicillness warriors. Feel isolated, misunderstood, struggle with easing symptoms & looking to connect with others who can relate judgement free, let’s connect🫶
Learn more & follow for updates!
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#fibromyalgia #cfs

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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 9d

Day 2: Fibro/ME-CFS fatigue isn’t normal tiredness. It’s a profound, whole-body exhaustion often described as a “crash” or “hit by a truck” feeling that rest doesn’t fix.

Warrior Tip… youtube.com/post/UgkxDzb...

#diaryofafibrowarrior💜
#october2025 #spooniesupport #mecfs #cfs

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Day 2: The Fatigue You Can’t Sleep Off Fibro/ME-CFS fatigue isn’t normal tiredness. It’s a profound, whole-body exhaustion often described as a “crash” or “h...

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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 10d

#sharing is love Looking to connect with #chronicillness warriors. Feel isolated, misunderstood, struggle with easing symptoms & looking to connect with others who can relate judgement free, let’s connect🫶
Learn more & follow for updates!
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#fibromyalgia #cfs

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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 10d

Initially if felt has though #chronicillness had robbed me off my future little did I know that it pushing towards embracing my life purpose and vision.

Ever thought you are too late, too old or too sick? You are not. It’s not too late🫶…
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#fibromyalgia #cfs #spoonies

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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 10d

🍂Day 1: October is a season of change and so is our journey. You’re not just surviving, your adapting, enduring and showing up with a strength that defies explanations. This month let’s remind ourselves: even slow process is still progress🔥

#diaryofafibrowarrior
#cfs #fibromyalgia #chronicillness

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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 10d

You did it. Another month of unpredictable symptoms, invisible battles, and emotional weight and you met it all with quiet courage…

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#diaryofafibrowarrior💜
#mecfsawareness #fibromyalgia #chronicillness #cfs

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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 14d

Healing with chronic illness is not a straight line. Some days you climb mountains. Other days, you barely make it out of bed.…

Learn more & subscribe for updates. Thanks 4 the support🫶⬇️
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#mecfs #chronicpain #fibromyalgia

A Step Back Does Not Erase The Steps Forward | #fibromyalgia #fibrowarrior #chronicillness

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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 17d

Let's be real living with a #chronicillness with fluctuating symptoms is very challenging as you never know how your day is going to end up.
Its not an easy to develop new social connections. Learn more..
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#diaryofafibrowarrior💜
#cfs #fibromyalgia #spoonies

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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 18d

Day 23: Your strength isn't about pushing through; it's about the courage to stop.

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#diaryofafibrowarrior💜
#’mecfs #chronicpain #cfs #fibromyalgia

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A Chronic Voice @achronicvoice.com · 20d

"People feel #pain differently.. #ChronicPain is extremely complex. And living with it is even more complex because the pain often brings other symptoms and a whole load of #emotional baggage to the party.": buff.ly/AdrD9Mw

via @despitepain.bsky.social
#ChronicIllness #spoonies

Chronic Pain Is Complex ~ Pain Awareness Month 2025 - Despite Pain

Chronic pain is complex. It's different for everyone. How pain feels is different and how each person copes with it is different.

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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 20d

Day 21: Your strength isn’t loud it’s relentless. That matter more than you know #fibrowarrior #cfswarrior #mecfswarrior #chronicillnesswarrior 🫶💜

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Day 21: Your Strength Isn’t Loud it’s Relentless 🫶| #fibrowarrior #cfs #mecfs #chronicillness

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Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 21d

Happy Saturday Warrior 👋 Its okay to not be okay. If you ever felt guilt for not showing up as you should in your daily- try not to, set yourself free from the burden of guilt.

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#fibromyalgia #cfs #chronicillness

Chiko | Digital Creator @chikocfm.bsky.social · 22d

Your chronic pain is valid even on the days you “look fine.” You’ve learned to mask the discomfort, to smile through the fatigue, and to keep showing up when your body is pleading for rest…

I hold my hand up to this🙋🏽‍♀️ What about you?
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#fibromyalgia #cfs #chronicillness

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