I feel like not being here. But I stay so my loved ones aren’t hurt by my absence. So, not dying just not being here anymore. It’s a comforting thought to have. Going to this place in my mind where I don’t feel pain anymore. Where I no longer have thoughts which take me over.… Continue reading I feel like not being here
The person you see on the left is the image you see when I’m in public. The person on the right is what I look like when I am at home. The person on the right is the person I try so desperately not to be. I lie to myself every time I leave the… Continue reading We don’t fake being sick we fake being well
My creative brain rarely gives me a rest. Over a year of chronic brain fog and a deep depression caused by my multiple chronic health conditions and their symptoms, dulled my brain activity. A dark, heavy, grey fog. A complete paralysis of my senses. Now it has lifted. There’s a break in the clouds. Am… Continue reading Harnessing my creative brain & my new-found joie de vivre
I haven't written a blog post in a while. This is mainly due to my health taking a big decline. I am back to being as worse as I have ever been. Being chronically ill is a full-time job, even more so when it is at its peak, and if the world didn't hate me… Continue reading Full-time Job
It is time to wipe away the stigma that Fibromyalgia and other invisible illnesses are associated with. I mean really, who would want to pretend to live in constant pain and be chronically fatigued all the time? I would rather live my life to the full instead of wasting it by faking an illness that… Continue reading Take us seriously. Please.
Orkney Fibromyalgia Sufferer 