Tinnitus Awareness Week 2023
It is Tinnitus Awareness Week 2023, and I have struggled with it for a long time so I thought I would take the opportunity to explain more about it. I have struggled for a long time with tinnitus, and though…
Dealing with christmas depression
The run up to Christmas seems to start earlier and earlier every year, but what if Christmas isn’t so exciting? Let’s talk about dealing with Christmas depression. There is a big push at this time of year, shops full of…
I had a barium swallow
This week I had a barium swallow at the hospital, I was really nervous before it so I thought I’d share my experience. So, over the last couple of months, I have been struggling with problems with my throat, in…
Frustrated with illness and GPs
Do you ever feel completely frustrated with illness and GPs and the ways that health professionals and government agencies react to it? If so, this is the blog post for you! I am diagnosed with a few overlapping illnesses that…
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…
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…
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…
ME/CFS frustrations
It is ME awareness day and I am a sufferer of this illness so I wanted to make a post about it and why we need more awareness and more funding. There is so little known about this illness even…
5 Ways to Keep Worries about the Future in Check
No one knows what the future holds and this can sometimes be a daunting prospect. Anticipatory anxiety is common and many people find it challenging to keep their worries about the future under control. The most important thing is not…
Goodbye 2020
I think a lot of us are happy to be saying goodbye to 2020 this week. It has been such a crazy year for the human race, but today I want to talk about how my life changed. So much…
