Mental health during the pandemic
I wasn’t sure what to talk about this week, I am not leaving my house at all and I am kind of addicted to Disney+ at the moment. However, I am more and more seeing people posting on social media that they are struggling with isolation and being at home. So I knew I had to talk about mental health during the pandemic. Your mental health is something that should always be a priority, but often when you are working and looking after children etc it can be put aside. It is sometimes only when we are forced to stop that we realise something is wrong. So here are some…
Calming Blankets Review + discount code
I was so lucky recently Calming Blankets got in touch with me to ask me to do a review of one of their weighted blankets. I have long wanted to be able to afford one, so I am so happy to be doing a Calming Blankets review! There has been a ton of research done into the benefits of using a weighted blanket. Personally I had long heard about how it was good for people on the autistic spectrum and with anxiety. However, I have recently been hearing about how weighted blankets can help chronic pain. I have several chronic illnesses that cause me to have widespread pain, fatigue, anxiety…
The migraines are back
So for a while now I have not been struggling with my chronic migraines, but now the migraines are back! Its strange because I had a doctor I saw for them and I am on medication to take when I have them. But they have not been around so I have to get used to them again. I had two lots of botox into the base of my skull for them a couple of years ago and they really helped. Along with that I had a shield from the dentist to stop me grinding my teeth and I started drinking lots more water every day. These things together meant that…
Muggle sick with chronic illness
A couple of days ago I went on a double date with hubby and some friends, the next morning I woke up with a cold. This time of year when leaving the house is something that you can rarely do, catching a cold is really easy to do! My husband who goes to work is fine, because he has a stronger immune system, I on the other hand am muggle sick with chronic illnesses! When normal people sick comes it makes your other illnesses and pain flare, you feel your own illnesses as well as the miserable feeling of having a cold. It is easy to feel like you should…
Chronic Illness Rollercoaster
Do you ever feel like you are on a chronic illness rollercoaster? Where you never know where you will be or how you will feel from one hour to the next? Now I am not talking about highs and lows that can come with some mental health diagnoses, I am talking about pain and fatigue. Recently I have been finding it hard to plan my days because I can wake up feeling good and plan out my rests and my days activities. Then not even an hour later I feel like I just ran a marathon and my head is pounding. It feels like a rollercoaster, when you are terrified…
Push for what’s right
Last week was not the easiest, I had to go to court to fight to get my disability benefits back. It was so stressful, and caused a flare, but sometimes you have to push for what’s right. I was surprised at how friendly the people at court were, there was a judge, a doctor and a disability specialist. There was also a secretary who took us inside after explaining exactly what was going to happen. They asked us questions rather than letting us talk which was a lot easier. The worst part of the whole thing has been the flare of my illnesses it caused. The travel and the stress…
Knitting for mental health
Over the years I have tried so many things to help my mental health, from therapy to mindfulness with mixed results. But then just before Christmas I recieved an email from lovecrafts.com asking me if I would like to work with them, and so I tried knitting for mental health. I have always wanted to knit, I remember as a child sitting watching my grandmother knit. Hearing the clicking of her needles was such a comforting sound and she did try to teach me, but I struggled to understand it. I gave up thinking it just wasn’t for me, but the email from lovecrafts just as Christmas came and I…
Dealing with depression at christmas
Its never easy dealing with depression at Christmas, but for so many it is reality so its important we talk about it. I have been hit with a flare of my own depression this week and I couldn’t let it pass without commenting on it. The thing that triggered my depression was planning to put up our Christmas decorations. It was something that to be honest I had been putting off, but I had wanted to make the place look nice for the season. I am usually itching to put them up but this year I had been really putting it off. On Sunday me and my hubby had planned…
Some answers, pain and dog training
This week has been difficult for me, but it has provided some answers, pain and dog training a combination I must admit I hadn’t thought would ever go together! I am thankful though and I am keeping my spirits up something that is so important when your illnesses are flaring. As you know I have been suffering with gastric problems for about a year now after a nurse gave me some antibiotics. I have had pain all this time and though I have done all I could to try and help my situation through diet I knew there wasn’t much I could do myself. This last Friday I went to…
Sleeping and the holidays
So many people love this time of year, but it isn’t like that for everyone and that got me thinking about sleeping and the holidays. I have been struggling with sleep myself after finally fighting insomnia this year to get a regular routine! At first I was puzzled as to why I couldn’t fall asleep, I wasn’t in any more pain than usual so it wasn’t painsomnia. My routine hadn’t changed either and I knew that was important, I even made a video about it on my you tube channel. I just could not figure it out and then I realised it is the end of the year, christmas is…
