Understand that just because you can’t see a disability, it doesn’t mean it’s not there. Just because someone looks well on the outside, doesn’t mean that they are. Just because they’re working doesn’t mean it’s not ‘that’ bad. You don’t know the sacrifices and efforts people make to get through the day.
View More My disability exists even if you can’t see itCategory: Challenges
Reasons to stay alive
Some of us I think are prone to revisiting the same dark places. Maybe down to past traumas that stay with us, genes that we inherit or God knows what is responsible. I don’t actually think thoughts of suicide are uncommon.
View More Reasons to stay aliveDementia, suffering and chronic health problems
I pray and I pray so hard, that God will help me to do more than just survive one day at a time. But this is all I can manage now.
View More Dementia, suffering and chronic health problemsDelicious, filling, summer tuna salad
I eat lighter in the warmer months but I still need proteins to keep me full for longer, plus I want all those healthy veges for the vitamins to keep my body well. This salad is ideal for that.
View More Delicious, filling, summer tuna saladMonsters – World Poetry Day 2019
I am and will be the ‘Me’ that never was imagined.I am the ‘Me’ that’s emerged from the ashes of pain.
View More Monsters – World Poetry Day 2019What do we live for? – Grief and chronic illness
Someone said that grief is more or less when you have love to give to someone but they’re not there to receive it.
View More What do we live for? – Grief and chronic illnessCoping at Christmas 2018 (dealing with pain over the holidays)
Dealing with trauma, emotional pain and mental health problems is sometimes like that old wound that never fully heals. At this time of year it can be harder.
View More Coping at Christmas 2018 (dealing with pain over the holidays)Never forget – World Suicide Prevention Day
by ending the stigma, we will make it safe for people to talk about it. And talking could very well be the first step to saving a life.
View More Never forget – World Suicide Prevention DayHow I survived the night (despite suicidal thoughts)
I have actively tried, very hard to plod on. I have found happy moments, and I now see so much more of the beauty in the world.
View More How I survived the night (despite suicidal thoughts)12 things that helped me to smile despite the pain
I always say pain changes you. I am not the person I was yesterday, and tomorrow I will not be the person I am today. It’s moulding me into a better, stronger me.
View More 12 things that helped me to smile despite the pain