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Category: self-care
Chronic illness: Savouring simple pleasures
I live for simple pleasures. With chronic pain and chronic illness, limitations can be severe at times. This is one of those times. Simple pleasures
The migraine slump
I have had this relentless migraine pain for over a month. I tried everything under the sun (Or dark?) to abort it. Or reduce it.
Self Care Sunday: Coloring
So one thing people recommend for relaxing and zenning out is the simple act of coloring. Just like the good old days. I actually can only
Remembering the self-care
Self-care isn’t always about pampering. Although today I did that with a bath. Put them Epsom salts in there. Some bubbles. Some of my handmade
When I feel tired, when I feel beat…
Having one of those ‘tired of the pain’ days. You know when you think how very endless this battle with chronic pain is. How very
Self-care Sunday
I wrote a post a while back called Self-care when you are in a Funk. And I am in a funk again that I can’t
Lost Day, self-care, and high pain
Today was a lost day. Days consumed by pain where functionality is lost and nothing gets done. Just a wasted day it seems to me.
Self-Care: When you are in a funk
I am in a funk. Which can happen from too much pain, fatigue or just from a mood drop. We just get in a spot
I am strong. But I am tired
This describes me in this moment. I am strong. I will do what I have to to get things done. Hell, I’ll smile while I
Psychological and Emotional Self-Care: with Health Storylines
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Self-Care thoughts
Self-care is vital to living well with chronic illness. And I suck at it. Instead, I push myself. I crash. I push myself. I crash.
