• a day in the life of anxiety
    Blog,  Mental Health,  Psychology,  RaR

    A day in the life of anxiety

    Before I get into this I feel I should give a slight trigger warning. If you’re anything like me, reading about anxiety triggers can actually trigger your own anxiety. While I don’t discuss anything particularly bad in this post I do advise to proceed with caution if that does apply to you! Right, let’s get to it then… You open your eyelids to a haze of what now’s and what ifs. Your stomach sinking further and further into the mattress, clawing and clinging, yearning to just go back to sleep. Have you ever experienced something that intense and immovable? It’s what every day can be like when you have anxiety.…

  • Weekends away with chronic illness
    Blog,  Mental Health

    My weekend away with Chronic Fatigue Sydrome

    I had a pretty awesome weekend away last week. Not only did I get to see family members that I don’t get to see very often, but I got to attend the most beautiful wedding my of cousin Andrew – it was a magical day, it really was. In light of that I thought I would write a bit about what it’s like for someone like me, who suffers from CFS/M.E, to go away for a weekend like this, and how I plan for it (and recover from it). Side note: Andy and Ruth if you happen to read this, I was honoured to be at your wedding last week,…