False idols and self care
I’ve been a fan of Laurie Penney for a while, but she just continually outdoes herself. Her recent column, ‘Life-Hacks of the Poor and Aimless: On negotiating the false idols of Continue Reading →
Category Archives: About illness
Folks and things
You might have noticed me linking to a new online magazine called Folks. My friend Naomi Arnold wrote about me, and I wrote about writer Stephanie de Montalk.
Please call me disabled
For some of you, this might not be what you want to hear. For whatever reason, you don’t want to think of me this way. But this is what I Continue Reading →
Lifeline: It literally is.
Several weeks ago, I experienced a crisis. It was following the suicide of a friend, and I was struggling to cope. I called Lifeline at about 2 o’clock in the Continue Reading →
Radical Acceptance and Extreme Prioritisation
Getting ill changes your perspective on so many things. I’ve had to massively overhaul not just my life, but my entirely way of thinking. And in order to get anywhere Continue Reading →
It’s much worse than you thought
I finally got around to doing Stuff’s “Rich or Poor?” indicator. I mean, I had a pretty good idea that I’m poor. But my result “Your standard of living is Continue Reading →
Self care vs Selfishness: how do we know?
As someone who finds self care really tough to do, but who obviously needs a lot of it, I’m a loud advocate. But it’s tough to fight the voice that Continue Reading →
Grief. Loss. Anger.
TW: suicide, mental illness. I’ve been battling with such a huge amount of anger and sadness over the past few weeks, it’s been impossible to know how to write about Continue Reading →
“Research”
I am a terrible procrastinator. Or do I mean I’m a good procrastinator? Whichever one means you do it a lot. Once I start writing, I love it, but I will find Continue Reading →
Prince did not die from pain pills
He died from chronic pain. I read this article a few days ago and I’m still reeling. It’s hard to express how important and heartbreaking and overwhelming it is to Continue Reading →