Having a disability can affect pretty much every aspect of your life, and yes: this includes finances. How much, you may ask? Well, according to Scope (disability equality charity), disabled people spend an extra £583 a month on average (see here). Does this surprise you? It doesn’t surprise me in the least. I saw also […]
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What is a chronic illness? A chronic illness is defined as a medical condition that is “continuing or occurring again and again for a long time” – often with no cure. Coming to terms with any medical diagnosis is challenging, no matter your age or where you’re from; having to learn new terminology and how […]
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Trigger warning: calorie talk. SO the government has launched a campaign to ‘fight obesity’. I have some concerns to this phrasing to start off with, suggesting that they are waging a war on people who are overweight and telling them that they are in the wrong. There are a lot of people who, at this […]
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Warm weather can be difficult for some. It’s getting hotter now, in the UK, and even though we’re in lockdown (a situation already pressurising our mental health), we can still be affected by this.
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The theme for Mental Health Awareness Week this year, in 2020, was kindness. Kindness. To others – and to ourselves – is so important for wellbeing. Kindness can be taken in a variety of ways. Kindness to ourselves, to our friends and family and to people we don’t know. Let’s talk about kindness to ourselves […]
Read MoreWhen I first lost weight due to Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and my stomach problems, I was strangely ‘proud’ of it, due to our strange society priorities where weight loss is apparently a constant goal. After years of a downwards and extremely dangerous spiral that almost cost me my life, I was forced into recovery. I […]
Read MoreWhen you have a chronic illness, it’s not just the physical symptoms that affect you – it’s the mental ones as well. Whether your illness is visible or invisible, it’s bound affect your mental health. The trauma of being ill/being in hospitals/having surgeries. The loneliness. The isolation. The unpredictable nature of whether you’ll be okay […]
Read MoreMetro currently have a series called ‘You Don’t Look Sick’, a weekly series about what it’s like to live with an invisible illness or hidden disability, and I had the utmost privilege of being asked to take part in this. Below, I have copied and pasted my interview but click here to see the article on their […]
Read MoreSo, body dysmorphia: what is it?
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Charlotte Amy Louise 