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Talking About My Mental Health With My Kids
Photo by Kaique Rocha on Pexels.com Trigger warnings for self harm and suicide. I recently had to have the talk with Flower. Not that talk - we're a few years…
Posted inLGBTQ Life Mental Health
Giving Up
I very much feel like I gave up over the winter. I went into winter okay, without the dread, having come to terms (more or less) with my fibromyalgia diagnosis…
Coming To Terms With My Chronic Pain
It was a long road but we got there! During Tabby's cancer I started to experience some long term pain issues. My legs would seize up and it would be…
Posted inCurrent Affairs and The Like
This isn’t what my gramps fought for
My grandparents definitely would not be impressed by the world right now. My maternal great-grandad had his nose shot off during the first world war. My great-grandma would often tell…
Posted inHealth
My Former Fear Of Needles
I've changed to a new diabetes medication. One that I need to inject. Which would be fine, really, because I have a ton of tattoos, and I'm not longer actively…
No One Spotted My Toddlers Cancer
In the middle of the pandemic, no one ever saw my baby. It has been three years since Tabby was first diagnosed with cancer. As if my life wasn’t hard…
Posted inGrowing Up Parenting
Swimming
When I was a kid, about 9, my swimming instructor told me I'd never been a professional swimmer because I was uncoordinated. Coventry City Leisure centre was made to look…
Posted inMental Health
It’s Cold and I’m not as S.A.D
It’s officially cold. The false autumn has been and gone, the mini summer fake out was breif and now we’re descending fully into autumn proper. The hot water bottles are…
Posted inGrowing Up
Growing Up In Coventry
When people ask me what Coventry is like two things pop into my head. The first is that Coventry is a very different city now than when I lived there…
Posted inMental Health
Anxiety & Inside Out 2
Both of these films have made me cry now. Trigger warnings for mental health issues. I recently watched Inside Out 2 with the kids and cried. A lot. It’s when…