My honest story about being young and living with a chronic condition
Since my hospital residential pain management stay in October I haven't really had much inspiration when it has come to writing posts. All of the information and advice I have to offer I shared during my time in the hospital and have since just been keeping busy and trying my best to live without my [...]
A little while ago, fibronacci nominated me for the Real Neat blog award and I have finally gotten around to completing the questions. First things first, I would like to thank Fibronacci for nominating me for this blog award. It makes me so happy to know that there are people out there who enjoy reading [...]
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 [...]
Final Day - Day 15 Just over a week later than planned but, I have finally got round to writing a blog post about my final day on the pain management program. I can't believe I have already been out of hospital a week and have somehow managed to go out and get things done. [...]
Day 14 Thursday was our last full day, even though we finished early. I couldn't believe that the program was almost over and couldn't help but feel a bit emotional about the thought of saying goodbye to such a lovely group of people. We have spent the last few weeks pretty much in each other's [...]
Day 13 We started our psychology session with some mindfulness, focusing on our 5 senses allowing us to ground ourselves in the moment. We then discussed the topic of judgement and how we can often be harsh on ourselves as much as we are on others. We were asked to think about the way we [...]
Day 12 Walking into our psychology session on Tuesday we were faced with a dart board so we knew there would be a metaphor coming. We all took a turn at throwing the darts, some of us hitting the board and others hitting the door behind. The dartboard was meant to represent us. If we [...]
