On being a whole person
I’ve been thinking about the Labels post I made last month, and about the many ways in which we define ourselves.
Category Archives: About illness
I have some news
My application for the Supported Living Payment has been approved.
Dealing with pain
Every now and then (all the time) I get asked about what medication and supplements I take/exercises I do/if I drink water hanging upside down off the kitchen table etc – Continue Reading →
~Labels~
I’m having some ~feelings~ about labels. Ever since I discovered, to my surprise and no one else’s, that I was Not Straight, I’ve been looking for the right way to Continue Reading →
Patreon: a currency to candy conversion
Obviously, I jest. I don’t use the money I make from Patreon for candy (if I did it would be strictly peanut M&Ms, and everyone knows they don’t count. I Continue Reading →
Mental health ‘Tells and Tricks’
What are your “tells” when you notice your mental health slipping? And what tricks do you use to hack your brain back into line?
But are you disabled *enough*?
Every few weeks or so, I get asked why I’m on the “Jobseeker” benefit instead of the Supported Living Payment. I reply that my application for the SLP was denied. Continue Reading →
Reaching in, reaching out
This sort of thing is very hard to write. It might surprise you that I’m not naturally an open person, not in a public context, and that often pushing publish Continue Reading →
That memory thing
I’ve always had a fantastic memory. Now, I can’t remember what I had for breakfast most days. And it’s really, really scary.
WINZ: criminal til proven otherwise
I’ve been the lucky recipient of not one, not two, but four letters from WINZ this week, each one requiring different things of me. I want people to understand how Continue Reading →