5 Ways To Help You Cope With Anxiety
Anxiety can be a debilitating condition that affects people in many different ways. It is important to understand what anxiety is and how it manifests so that you can better cope with it and have a more fulfilling life. It can be difficult to cope with anxiety because it often feels like the worst thing in the world. Anxiety is more than just feeling nervous or stressed out. It makes you feel like there’s no way out and that everything is hopeless. These feelings are not true and they’ll go away if you have the right coping skills to help you control your anxiety. With the right resources such as…
Tinnitus awareness week 2022
It is Tinnitus awareness week 2022 this week and the theme is the sound of science! We are going to talk about why and I will tell you my journey with this condition. I often share my journey with my chronic illnesses here on the blog, but I don’t think I have ever spoken about my Tinnitus. I have had whistles, and a ‘white noise’ sound for most of my life but have never seen anybody about it. Hearing problems do run in my family with my Great Grandfather, my Grandmother and my cousin being deaf and many of us in the family with hearing issues. However, whenever I have…
Let’s talk about naps with chronic fatigue
I talk about chronic fatigue a lot, mainly because it is the illness that has affected my life and my ability to work the most. So, let’s talk about naps with chronic fatigue because it is something that people have mixed views on, and let’s be honest every day is different. I have been disabled for about 20years now, and in that time I have struggled the most with fatigue it is the symptom and illness that annoys me the most. It stops me leaving the house, stops me walking in nature, stops me getting jobs done I long to do and a million other things. Chronic fatigue is so…
Witchcraft books I read in 2021
This is an accompanying article to go with a YouTube video of mine, these links are to highlights of the books I read in 2021 so you can read and buy. They are affiliate links, so if you buy through them I will get some money back at no extra cost to you. Witch Please by Victoria Maxwell Pagan Portals: Ancestral Healing by Trevor Greenfield Michael: Communicating with the Archangel for Guidance and Protection by Richard Webster The Elements of Spellcrafting: 21 Keys to Successful Sorcery by Jason Miller Year of the Witch: Connecting with Nature’s Seasons Through Intuitive Magick by Temperance Alden Elemental Magic: Traditional Practices for Working with…
Updated Rollz Motion Review
I had a message on Instagram from Rollz asking me if I would be able to do an updated Rollz Motion review, and I of course said yes. This is a wonderful little mobility aid that packs a punch and I will tell you why. I have had the Rollz Motion for about a year ago now, and honestly I was impressed the moment it arrived. The genius design means that it easily changes from a walker with a seat, perfect for people with chronic fatigue like me, to a wheelchair. The best thing is that though it is sturdy and easily takes you from walker to wheelchair, it is…
Living with mental illness
Living with mental illness is very different to when it flares, it is trying to deal with the symptoms that will allow you to live your best life. I have been living with chronic depression and generalised anxiety disorder since I was 14, and I thought I would share some things I have learned over the years. I have spoken so many times about my mental health here on the blog, I am what they call ‘high functioning‘ which means it is hard to tell by looking at me that I have mental health issues. I have lived my life trying to hide away my feelings, and make sure nobody…
Taking a break for mental health
I have often struggled with not putting out content, but this christmas I had a couple of weeks off, I felt burnt out and lost the spark of enjoyment for sharing. I felt guilty for it, but taking a break for mental health is so important and something that is hard to do when you share online. I have shared my journey here on the blog, and other versions of it , and on my YouTube channel (go and subscribe) for so long I cannot remember when I started. Blogs have always been fun and very personal to keep here on the internet and I have always enjoyed sharing, not…
Frustrated with the system
So in advance I must apologise, due to me feeling so frustrated with the system this article is going to be more of me venting than my usual helpful posts. I hope you can forgive me this once, and maybe how I am feeling is also how you feel? Today is yet another day where my fatigue makes it hard for me to get out of bed, another day with a headache and another day in my PJs. I am tired of feeling so in pain, so exhausted and having no help from anyone but my lovely husband who is my carer. When I first got sick I was a…
Tips for supporting your fatigued friend
My fatigue has flared quite badly recently, and I’ve come to realise that it’s hard for people to understand how that feels. In a bid to help that I thought I’d give some tips for supporting your fatigued friend. Fatigue is a difficult thing to understand, because everyone knows what it’s like to be tired, to need a nap. However, if someone is suffering with long Covid, ME/CFS, or has fatigue as a symptom that goes alongside their illness, it’s a very different thing. We in the chronic illness community have tried many different ways to explain fatigue, from rechargeable batteries to spoons but at the end of the day…
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 ones some ideas. I recently did a video, which I will post at the end of the article, where I gave some ideas on different presents they could get someone who is disabled. Now clearly, we are all individuals and all have different hobbies and interests and things we love, so I have put this gift guide into sections so it will help with that. Hopefully I can include things…
