The Spoonie Mummy
Living a happy and meaningful life with chronic illness
Category: mental health
Why Do I Feel So Much More Tired When I am Doing Less In Lockdown?
Good afternoon and welcome back to this week’s Mental Health Monday post. This week I am covering something which I feel is very relevant to what many are experiencing in lockdown at the moment, but is also something people with chronic illness experience on… Continue Reading “Why Do I Feel So Much More Tired When I am Doing Less In Lockdown?”
Let’s Talk About… Intrusive Thoughts
Trigger warning – mental health, post-partum, anxiety, stress, intrusive thoughts, harm thoughts Welcome to the second Mental Health Monday post and thank you for all the feedback from last week! I decided to write this post a few weeks ago following a conversation with… Continue Reading “Let’s Talk About… Intrusive Thoughts”
Giving Ourselves Permission to Feel our Feelings
Welcome to the first Mental Health Monday post. As you all know, I am currently doing my degree in psychology and aim to become a psychotherapist working in particular, with people diagnosed with chronic illnesses. I really want to start helping people with my… Continue Reading “Giving Ourselves Permission to Feel our Feelings”
12 Ways To Cope With Anxiety During Lockdown
As someone who suffers from anxiety, I can understand what others go through with this and if you are anything like me, the Covid-19 lockdown has had me on a bit of an emotional roller-coaster of late! I thought I would share some of… Continue Reading “12 Ways To Cope With Anxiety During Lockdown”
Spoonie Self Care Club – February
Good morning and happy Sunday. Welcome to February’s Self Care Club with me, Stephie from Colitis To Ostomy and Rachel from Rocking2Stomas. Self Care the practice of taking an active role in protecting one’s own well-being and happiness, in particular during periods of stress… Continue Reading “Spoonie Self Care Club – February”
