Tag: depression

• Mental health & FA: Not the same

  As I discussed in my last blog post, the hardest part of living with Friedreichs Ataxia for me is the mental health struggles I’ve dealt with that stem from grief of a life that isn’t at all what I imagined it’d be. Well, allow me to respond to that. As I wrote previously, I believe…

  Noah Griffith

  December 19, 2024

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  ataxia, blog, chronic-illness, cure-fa, depression, disability, disability-advocate, empowering, friedreichs-ataxia, health, hope, lifewithfa, livingwithataxia, mental-health, rare-disease, rare-diseases

• ‘No manual for that’: Mental health & FA

  One of the things I want people to know about life with Friedreichs ataxia is how prevalent the struggle with mental health is. Anxiety, depression and hopelessness can often put you in a cloud, but I also want to share a message of hope that waits on the other side of that cloud.

  Noah Griffith

  November 6, 2024

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  anxiety, ataxia, depression, disability, disability-advocate, fighting-ataxia, friedreichs-ataxia, health, hope, livingwithataxia, mental-health, mental-illness, rare-disease