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Behind Closed Doors: Life With A Neurological Condition

Behind Closed Doors: Life With A Neurological Condition

In The Darkness & Behind Closed Doors Life with a neurological condition is spent in the darkness. We live with the symptoms behind closed doors. Behind closed doors where no one can tell how much pain we are in, or the suffering caused by the many other symptoms that comprise our everyday life with chronic illness.  Our days are spent behind closed doors living with these symptoms.  When we do go out, we do so behind a mask.  A mask that consists...

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The Three Day Quote Challenge: Day 1

Thank you so much to Robert from A 30 Minute Life and Jen from Tripping Through Treacle for nominating me to take part in this brilliant quote challenge! Anyone who knows me will know that I love quotes and positive affirmations to remind me of the beauty that exists in the world despite the darkness and all of the terrible atrocities that happen all around the world.  As someone living with chronic illness and who regularly struggles, bombarded with many different...

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The Benefits of a Spa Day for Those With Chronic Illness

After Mum and I enjoyed a spa break for my 30th birthday, we decided that whenever we had time, we would book a spa day for us both.  Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, we have been unable to enjoy a spa day together for almost a year. But with my impending birthday, we thought that it was time for some much-needed R and R. Excitement and anticipation soon start after phoning our local spa, for a day pass. The...

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2018: A Year to Cultivate Resilience

Again, we have just bared witness as tour diaries turned the page over into a brand new year.  And as such, we begin to reflect on the previous year and make plans for the next.  With the best intentions, people make resolutions only to break them before the end of January. When living with a chronic illness, however, life becomes unpredictable.  Every day we wake up, never knowing how our bodies are going to behave that minute, hour or day.  We...

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