Tag: mental
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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 my favourite ways of dealing with my anxiety, in the hope…
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Keeping Sane In Self-Isolation
So how is everyone doing? We are now on day 4 of isolation and so far we are managing to keep busy and (pretty) sane. There have been many parallels drawn on social media between self-isolation and life with chronic illness. I get it – we spend much of our time indoors, we cannot always…
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The 7 Day Hygge Challenge
So this week has definitely had me feeling a little low. It was great having the boys for bit longer as it has been half term but this came with the inevitable drop in mood when the went back to their Dad’s. I spotted this on Pinterest a while ago but thought now was the…
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Headspace App – Is It Worth Paying For The Subscription?
I downloaded the Headspace app after hearing a couple of really positive reviews from other people. I have always been pretty against meditation for myself. I don’t think I am the sort of person that it would help as I am not sure about how my mind could ever be clear and focused when it…
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10 Things To Do When You Are Chronically Ill – Autumn Edition
Although being chronically ill can often mean we have physical symptoms and issues, our mental health is very easily affected too. Often people are unable to work which means they are stuck inside for long periods of time and cannot leave the house. Activities can become tedious and repetitive so I thought I would share…
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Grieving The ‘Old You’ – Dealing With A Chronic Illness Diagnosis
Good morning everybody. Today I wanted to share a post about how a chronic illness diagnosis can affect you. I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis aged 15 months, so have never known any different but my diagnosis with Crohn’s Disease came when I was 26. I found this was handled very badly by my gastro…
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Mental Health Awareness Week – The ‘But’ Factor
Yes, I know I post a lot about bums and poo but I haven’t made a spelling error in the title, I promise!
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The Mental Health Tag
Good morning and happy new week. Today is officially known as Blue Monday – apparently the most depressing day of the year. Chronic Illness and Depression/Anxiety Many people don’t realise that along with being diagnosed with a chronic illness, people are usually also struggling with their mental health. Having a condition which can mean you…
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The Spoonie Mummy 