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May awareness days are overwhelming

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Conversations about Multiple Sclerosis – MS awareness week 2025

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Reading can Help Chronic Illness

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Tinnitus Awareness Week 2025

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    May awareness days are overwhelming

    May is a busy month as far as awareness days are concerned, and for me May awareness days are overwhelming. I have several chronic illnesses and all of the connected days to raise understanding about them have been chosen to…

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    Conversations about Multiple Sclerosis – MS awareness week 2025

    Conversations about Multiple Sclerosis can be awkward, difficult and emotional and are often things we avoid. It is a well-known illness, and something that is recognised by society as being legitimately disabling. Yet, asking questions, telling friends and family or…

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    Pain Awareness Month 2024

    It is September which means it is pain awareness month 2024, and as I live with chronic pain it is only fitting for me to talk about. I am not alone in living with pain, and raising awareness of how…

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    Myths and misconceptions about chronic illness

    There are many myths and misconceptions about chronic illness, and they can really affect those of us who have them. Family, friends, and even medical professionals can treat us differently because of the things they assume. We have even experienced…

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    EDS, ME, and Mental health awareness month

    It is currently EDS, ME, and Mental health awareness month, and as I have all of these illnesses, lets shed some light on them. Chronic illnesses are never easy, they rarely make sense to doctors and people tend to spend…

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    Mental health and chronic fatigue

    It is currently both myalgic encephalomyelitis and mental health awareness month, so let’s have a chat about mental health and chronic fatigue. I have spoken in the past about the importance of awareness months, as they help us to spread…

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    Neurodiversity celebration week

    It is Neurodiversity celebration week, so I thought I would talk about my experiences as I am still undiagnosed. Now, I do not want to be someone who looks up symptoms and says I have an illness, I have never…

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    My brain injury story – Brain Injury Awareness Month

    It is Brain Injury Awareness Month and as this has happened in my family, this is my brain injury story. A brain injury can happen to anyone at any time, accidents happen and that is what happened to my parents…

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    Things I wish people wouldn’t say about my chronic illnesses

    In this weeks post, I thought I would talk about things I wish people wouldn’t say about my chronic illnesses. This is an important one for people in the street!! Most people who know me well, don’t chat much about…

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    World Mental Health Day 2023

    Yesterday was World Mental Health Day 2023, but here on the blog we believe that every day is a chance to raise awareness so lets talk about it. This year, MIND is raising awareness of how inpatients are treated which…

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Welcome to my blog, I am Beverley and I am in my 40s, I live in Staffordshire England with my husband, my disabled mom and our dogs Dexter and Twig. I love sharing my journey with Chronic Illnesses here on the blog, I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Myalgic encephalomyelitis, Long Covid, Chronic depression, and Generalised anxiety disorder.

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I blog about my experiences and give tips and tricks to help and inspire other disabled people. I also hope to raise awareness and compassion from able-bodied people wanting to educate themselves.

I hope my posts and videos help you, but I am not a doctor and though I trained as a nurse I cannot give personalised help and advice. Please consult with a health professional before assuming what you have seen in my videos or read on my blog applies to you.

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