My honest story about being young and living with a chronic condition
Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing ok. I just wanted your opinion on something I have been thinking about doing for some time. I have been toying with the idea of starting a YouTube channel, sharing videos on similar topics to the ones I share on my blog but, also more lifestyle, art [...]
Day 9 The end of the week was fast approaching. Throughout our session with the nurse, we discussed our relationship with pain and how we talk to others about it. We all tend to tell people that we are fine rather than going into the ins and out of how we are feeling, worried that [...]
My blog has been quiet for a couple of months. I just haven’t been able to unjumble the words and thoughts in my head in order to write something that best describes how I am feeling. The truth is, I don’t really know. I am at a point at the moment where I am constantly [...]
On Sunday 9th April, my boyfriend will be participating in a run/walk from Shoeburyness to Leigh-on-sea to raise money for Fibromyalgia awareness. Both his mum and I suffer from the condition and have had to leave full-time work because of it. Fibromyalgia has become the pinnacle of our lives leaving little room for much else. [...]
Chronic illness changes us as people but, we can often forget the impact that our conditions can have on the people closest to us. The people we see us when we are in pain when we struggle from day to day and out mood is unpredictable. We forget how difficult it must be for them [...]
Since the beginning of this month I have sat down on multiple occasions with the intention of writing a blog post but, have failed to think of something interesting to write about. I don’t want all of my posts to be centred on all of the negative aspects of my life but, these things are [...]
Slow down. Listen. Wonder. Wander. See the beauty and the magic. Embrace the divine wilderness of your heart and soul. You are no less than the stars and moon. 2016. I hope there are far better things ahead than we will be leaving behind. Everyone spends so much time focusing on unrealistic new year’s resolutions [...]
