Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in someone else’s shoes? To walk a mile or two going through what they do? Ever asked yourself what it feels like to be sick, really sick? To experience those bad days hoping for the good? Do you even know what pain is? How… Continue reading Open Hearts and Open minds
Category: Mental Health
Battles of The Mind: A Memoir – Now Available on Audibles!
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Life: a curve ball gone squirrelly…a black & white picture exploding in colour…a mystery and a gift.
Reality is the real versus pretend. The actual, not the possible. No make-believe, wishes, or lies. Reality is what happened , not what you feared. It’s the outcome of events of which you cannot control. It isn’t always black and white, positive, negative, or right vs wrong. Reality just is… Let me tell you a… Continue reading Life: a curve ball gone squirrelly…a black & white picture exploding in colour…a mystery and a gift.
I Just Remembered..
The memory is a funny creature. Sometimes preferring to hide away in its lair, hibernating until it awakens, rising to the surface slowly like a bubble weaving and bobbing its way to the top. Or so it seems to me.The brain stores, somewhere amongst the million or more neurons, thoughts and feelings in neat little… Continue reading I Just Remembered..
Setting Goals
I gave up setting goals many years ago, decades even, long before my epilepsy diagnosis, and more since my PNES was confirmed. It seemed pointless. I mean, why would I work towards something that could, would, potentially fail? Yes, that is a defeatist attitude, negative in so many ways, but is also a defense mechanism… Continue reading Setting Goals
Boundaries and limits
After receiving my epilepsy diagnosis, I spiralled into a state of shock, disbelief, fear, and , yes, self pity. Emotions I’ve spent decades burying rushed to the surface. Sadness, anger, grief, and even guilt. It’s taken a long winding road full of hills and valleys, moving along narrow rocky paths inches from the edge of… Continue reading Boundaries and limits