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    Accessible Gift Guide 2021

    So I have been thinking, and I am sure most people don’t know what disabled people would want for Christmas so I thought I would do an accessible gift guide 2021. I hope this will give your friends and loved…

  • Health Update

    F is for Fatigue

    When I was a child I loved Sesame Street, and at the moment I cannot stop thinking that F is for Fatigue would definitely be one of my words of the day. It feels so overwhelming and I am struggling…

  • Health Update

    The worst flare in a while

    I am currently experiencing the worst flare in a while of my chronic illnesses and I am really struggling, so lets talk about how it happened and why its a lesson to learn from. I often talk about my chronic…

  • Mental Health

    Invisible Disabilities Week 2021

    It is Invisible Disabilities Week 2021 and as an advocate, carer, and person with invisible illnesses I wanted to talk a bit about my own experiences. I hope this article helps you to feel a little less alone. I am…

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    Dealing with Painsomnia

    After spending a night in pain and awake I thought we should have a chat about dealing with painsomnia, something those of us with chronic illnesses know a lot about. Last night I went to sleep at about 11pm, and…

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    Migraine awareness week 2021

    It is migraine awareness week 2021, and raising awareness for this is so important to me because they were the first sign to me that I had a chronic illness. Far too often though, people suffer with migraines feel alone…

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    Pain awareness month

    Pain awareness month is an important time of the year for advocates, we can take the opportunity to raise awareness for the fact that chronic pain is not like acute pain. There are so many different definitions, and statistics and…

  • Mental Health

    Feeling broken and lost

    Feeling broken and lost is something I know all too well and something I honestly don’t talk about enough here on the blog. So, let’s have a chat about functional depression. Now just to be transparent I was diagnosed with…

  • Mental Health

    Taking some me time

    I think we all live with guilt when we take a day for ourselves, it’s ingrained in our society to always be working and grafting even if we are sick. But taking some me time is so important for our…