Lupus Unplugged

07/31/2025

🌟 Happy National Intern Day! 🌟

Today, we’re taking a moment to celebrate and thank the incredible interns who bring energy, fresh ideas, and hard work to everything they do. Your curiosity, dedication, and willingness to grow don’t go unnoticed — you are the future, and we’re so lucky to be part of your journey.

To all interns out there: keep learning, keep asking questions, and never stop reaching for your goals. The impact you’re making today is just the beginning. 💼💡

07/28/2025

Yay community

07/22/2025

There are different approaches to therapy, so it's important to talk with your therapist about which style of therapy (or modality) is best effective for you. Did you know, different modalities target different parts of your beautiful brain? Some modalities focus on the thinking part of our brain, that is where we can logically process certain situations or manage unhelpful thinking patterns. These are generally cognitive-based modalities.
Other modalities focus more on our feeling/somatic part of our brain and they actually by-pass the cognitive portions so that we can really get to work on what is troubling or blocking us. Brainspotting is a great example of this type of therapy modality and is useful for trauma work.

Be sure to talk with your therapist about which modality is best for you and your needs!

From Elizabeth Nicaise, Turning point counseling services.

07/18/2025

I haven’t written poetry in a LONGGGGG time… well I’m really feeling it tonight. No this isn’t a cry for help or attention, just emotions.

I quit
I stop moving
Time stands still
While everything and everyone are flying forward
No one notices
No one touches me
I don’t exist

There’s occasionally light
But I remain in darkness
No one is coming
No one will see me

There are big things happening
But it’s silent

No one cares
No one celebrates

I quit

07/13/2025

We just keep hanging on!

07/10/2025

The Marshmallow Test:
A study on delayed gratification and self-control
The Marshmallow Test, originally conducted by psychologist Walter Mischel in the late 1960s at Stanford University, is a renowned experiment exploring children's ability to delay gratification and its relation to future success.

The experiment:
Preschool children were presented with a choice: eat one marshmallow (or another preferred treat) immediately, or wait for a short period (typically 15 minutes) and receive two marshmallows as a reward. Researchers left the room, leaving the children alone with the temptation, and observed their behavior through a one-way mirror or video camera. Children could ring a bell at any time to have the researcher return and receive only one marshmallow.

Initial findings:
Original follow-up studies suggested that children who demonstrated greater ability to delay gratification in the marshmallow test tended to have more positive life outcomes as adolescents and adults, including:

Higher SAT scores
Better academic performance
Healthier lifestyles (e.g., lower BMI)
Better social and cognitive functioning
Better stress management
Stronger relationships

06/11/2025

03/14/2025

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02/28/2025

My kiddo has been sick since Monday of this week, and now I’m sick 🤒 I’m breaking down and buying a shower chair because of how bad this cold is hitting me. Being chronically ill sucks, I feel like someone took a baseball bat and beat me all over with how bad the pain is 😭

02/14/2025

I’ve been on Benlysta for about a month maybe two and this is just an injection video

12/23/2024

Okay I need help or suggestions 😞 I had my labs done on 12/5/24 and they were high and off. Well I had to redo my labs on 12/12/24 and they’re still off. Rheumatologist says it’s “dehydration” and my numbers look better. 2 of these are from 12/5 and labeled the other 3 are from 12/12 and labeled. I need help and suggestions, I also had done a 5 day zpack of antibiotics prior to redoing my labs with 2 days between finishing the antibiotics and redoing labs. Help!

12/11/2024

12.4K likes, 1255 comments. “We now are almost certain that fibromyalgia is a autoimmune disease and not all in your head, there are 4 key triggers. Educational purposes only”