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Quiet, Please

Finding Quiet Moments

Sometimes I feel like my world is overly noisy.  It seems as though my children speak too quickly or too loudly.  I constantly crave quiet.

I had come to the conclusion that this was a result of having a large family or that my children are gifted with heightened projection, and that may well be.  However, a new study done at the University of Michigan, has revealed that patients with fibromyalgia are hypersensitive to noise.  Check out this abstract link from the Journal of Pain for more information.  This study should lead to more research on the link between fibromyalgia and the central nervous system.

Often when I’ve had too much stimulus, I sneak away to my bedroom and lock the door (leaving the older kids or my husband in charge for 15 minutes or so) and rest or read a book.  Sometimes I’ll have a quiet conversation over the phone with a friend or do a few yoga poses.  I might just search the internet or write something. 

Fifteen to twenty minutes is about all I need and then I’m ready to face the world and handle whatever it presents.  How do you quiet the noise in your life?

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