Tag: anxiety
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Fears and Their Impact
(Re)Turning to my work as a book coach I had a realisation this weekend. I was hit by yet another anxiety attack bordering on panic, and I didn’t understand where it was coming from. Usually it has something to do with my hormones or symptoms from one of my many illnesses, but this time, I…
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Tears On Christmas Eve
How mental health can stain this time of year The holiday season triggers memories of my worst medical trauma. But I also love the light and the cosiness. It makes this month very complicated for me. It’s why I always cry more this month. Over the loss of more dreams, more parts of my health…
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Surviving the Holidays With Invisible Illness
A guide to help you safely through this month, physically and emotionally The holidays are here again. A time that’s supposed to be joyful, cosy and full of happiness. But for so many of us living with invisible illness the holiday season can feel heavy, lonely, overwhelming and painful. For me it often does, anyway.…
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Resilience Isn’t Always Loud; It Can Often Be Found in Quiet Moments
Finding hope when life is heavy Resilience is not always visible to me. It’s often quiet, steady, invisible. It’s getting up on mornings when my body is tired and my head screams. When it isn’t about conquering or winning, but about continuing. About carrying gentleness and kindness when life is hard. Resilience for me is…
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I Haven’t ‘Overcome’, And That’s Okay
And why real resilience looks different from the viral quotes you see on Instagram I have overcome. I have left that chapter behind me. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. I’m going to be honest with you: I loathe these phrases. Loathe. Them. Why? Because of the reality that is my life, my health,…
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Am I Positive… or Just Really Good at Hiding the Darkness?
How I discovered the real me underneath the noise of chronic anxiety People ask me how I can be so positive all the time. The question takes me by surprise every time. How have they not seen through it by now? How do people not see that in fact I’m a super pessimistic person? Because,…
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The Day I Found My Coat Again Through Illness
How one unexpected moment helped me rediscover my purpose and a way forward amid debilitating illness Real talk: it’s been a year for me personally. Unresolved trauma from my recent past came back in June 2024 to haunt me – this time in the form of vertigo and endless panic attacks about everything except the…
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Why Silence Isn’t Safety; It’s Self-Erasure
I thought shrinking myself would help me fit in; Instead, it kept me small, lonely, and unwell For a long time, silence felt safe. Each time I had spoken as a teenager about my truth and it had been met by peers and the medical world with misunderstanding, judgment, or dismissal, something in me learned…