Tender Points

Fibromyalgia is a condition that makes a person doubt themselves before it is named — pain that moves, fatigue that does not lift, a body that overreacts to sensation in ways that are difficult to describe and harder to be believed about. The writers in this collection have been through that doubt and arrived somewhere steadier.

Inside this volume

Fifty people describe fibromyalgia from the long path to diagnosis through the search for approaches that help — medication, pacing, movement, sleep management, cognitive behavioral strategies — and the adjustments to work, relationships, and self-understanding that the condition requires. The accounts are honest about what remains difficult and about what has made it livable.

Who it's for

For those living with fibromyalgia, those still seeking a diagnosis, the partners and families who want to understand what the condition is and is not, and caregivers looking for the view from inside.

Format · Instant download · PDF & EPUB · Fifty first-person accounts

A collection of personal testimony, offered as companion reading — not medical advice.

• 50 single-author testimonies from real people
• A short, plain-language introduction to the topic
• Editor's note, contents page, and curated resource list
• Professional interior typesetting and an original cover

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