Tag: self esteem
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When We Stop Adapting and Show Our Whole Selves
Recognising internalised ableism and claiming the space, access and support we deserve , in writing and in life Today’s topic is a hard one. Because it touches on something so ingrained in anyone with chronic illness that we often don’t notice it until someone points it out: internalised ableism. And once we do receognise it,…
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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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Learning To Love A Body I Can’t Trust
Why I stopped waging a mental war on my broken body I find myself thinking about the inside of my body a lot. How as a human being you feel you are in control of it, but in many ways you’re not. Those of us with ongoing illness know this all too well. My insides…
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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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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…