LifeStyleDealing with chronic ilness
Hi Everyone, I hope you are all well and doing okay in these hard times. As you may have noticed, I have been taking a long break on this account due to a number of reasons. One of them being that prior to lockdown I was doing and am still planning a lot of work […]
Opening up with struggles💗; For a long time I have kept quiet about my struggles due to a number of reasons, I felt like I wasn’t ill enough with mental ilness, I felt like I would be judged, I felt people would never believe me, and these were just a few. My whole life I […]
How to cope with peoples judgments🙉; I find that having a chronic ilness and mental health is not only tough due to our own problems we face but also those caused by others, whether it’s out of kindness or judgment. I constantly get told to just go out, then you will be better or be […]
Tips for bad sleep and insomnia; I have struggled with sleep for a number of reasons such as mental health and anxiety but also due to pain and illness. In the flare ups of my illnesses, I could be physically and mentally so tired yet I couldn’t sleep or get to sleep, due to pain […]
How to adapt activities to help save energy🌸; One thing that really affect chronic Ilness sufferers is energy levels and pain or discomfort on long periods of exercise or standing. Therefore, it’s super important to have ways of adapting your previous activites to meet your own specific needs now. The adaptions can be for fun […]
Ideas for self care activities✨💗; I did a blog recently on types of self care but wanted to make a blog for anyone struggling with exact ideas and so decided to list a couple of my favourite self care activites! self care is so important and beneficial to our health, physically and mentally and like […]
How to cope with hospital anxiety💗; Hospital anxiety is a very real and very scary form of anxiety. As I have been to hospital many times I am not very anxious of hospital appointments or operations, however I am very afraid of staying over night in hospital or A&E. I believe it’s because of the […]
“You’re too young to be ill”; The amount of times I have heard this and heard others mention it is crazy. I have done a post on teenagers and chronic ilness but wanted to write a post all dedicated to this particular stigma. Ill health, chronic ilness, invisible Ilness, mental health can happen at ANY […]
Types of self care and how you can practice them everyday💙; I practice self care in many forms. Whether it’s through appreciation and taking care of myself or through physical actions like doing my makeup and baking. Self care is a very broad subject, but ultimately is SO important. No matter how you practice self […]
Ways to save up energy💛; Having chronic ilness and mental health is a whirlwind, days can be so different from eachother due to pain, energy levels, anxiety etc. That’s why specifically with chronic ilnsss there is this idea to ‘save up energy’ for occasions. What exactly does this term mean; Saving up energy is the […]
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