Self care with depression
Hi everybody! Over the last month or so my depression has flared, I have had chronic depression since I was 14years old and usually I can battle it, but sometimes it just gets to be too much. I have often…
Chronic illness update
Finally the GP listened
Hey everyone! So my chronic illness journey, like for many, has been complicated! It took them 5 years to diagnose me with Multiple Sclerosis, and then 10 years after that they said they were wrong and discharged me from Neurology.…
When fatigue stops motivation
Hey everyone! This week I wanted to talk about fatigue and how hard it can be to just want to get out of a warm, comfortable bed when all you want to do is rest. When you wake every morning…
When pain isolates
Hey everybody! So this morning I woke up crying, I had slept passed my alarm and my pain was to a point where I was crying. It was so painful literally everywhere that I couldn’t move and I felt sick,…
It’s tiring being chronically sick
Hey everybody! I am feeling a little overwhelmed and tired, and it is all because I want to be able to be a person a normal person and I want to do things and get things done but my body…
Nights out with chronic illness
Hey everybody! Yesterday was a big day for me, I love making new friends and going out, but when you have an anxiety disorder it can easily spiral into something you force yourself through instead of enjoying yourself. I was…
Summertime with chronic illness
Hey everybody! Phew it is getting hot here in Britain, something we are not used to and even though we know it is coming we never seem to be prepared for it. I know many people here complain we do…
Getting back to my routines after a flare
Hey everybody! The last year has been incredibly hard for me, I lost my Granddad, I had a flare of my fibromyalgia and my depression crashed down on me. I stopped really caring about how my house looked, how clean…
Increased pain and possible alternatives
Hey everybody! Summer is here in England, and as we Brits know that means it is hot, humid, stormy and can be raining in the morning, blazing sun in the afternoon and that night have a storm! The problem for…