I created the blog initially to share with people the realities of living with multiple chronic illnesses and disabilities however I now want to blog about many different things as my health isn’t the sum total of who I am and I want to write about all the different things that interest me and make up who I am.
My friend Ruth has this quote; “your life is like a piece of cake and you have ten portions, but only one portion is your health”. My blog is mainly writing about disability related topics but I try to write about all ten portions of my life.
Some of the various things I blog about include:
- Living with a disability and/or chronic illness - especially for me this includes living with M.E. and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, sometimes I’ll also refer to living with an Energy Limiting Illness as M.E. and EDS both limit my energy as well as my other diagnosis like Functional Neurological Disorder and the associated secondary conditions to all my conditions
- Living with mental illness
- Disability lifestyle
- Lifestyle and wellbeing
- Product reviews
- Book and poetry reviews
- Anything craft related including craft tutorials
- Beauty and fashion posts
- Collaborations and guest blog posts
- And lots more
Writing about chronic illness and disability and why
In terms of my living with a disability/chronic illness posts and my disability/chronic illness lifestyle posts my aim is to make people feel like they’re not alone in living with a chronic illness or disability. I also want readers to know that it’s okay to say ‘I’m chronically ill’ or ‘I’m disabled’ as I know it’s a journey to get to a point to own those titles. Finally I want my posts to be a source of helpful information and a resource for others including those newly diagnosed with a chronic illness or disability, especially when the information and resource is coming from someone with personal lived experience themselves.
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