RESEARCH SIMPLIFIED SERIES – POST # 2 If you have ever walked into a room and forgotten why, struggled to find a word mid-sentence, or stared at a task that once felt simple but now feels impossible—you’ve met brain fog. For people living with invisible illnesses, brain fog isn’t occasional forgetfulness. It’s a daily disruption, a haze that blurs focus, […]
This is more of an unexpected post or my random rambling. As much as this website is about living beyond symptoms and really putting a positive spin to a life beyond the day to day pan and suffering of chronic illness. But this post is about how hard it is on a day to day basis. Some days you just […]
CONFESSIONS SERIES – POST # 3 Today, I want to write about some struggles of mine and see if any of you feel the same. I have a master’s degree in psychology, and I have fairly well managed bipolar disorder. Both me and my family took the time to educate ourselves about bipolar disorder. But what I want to talk […]
CONFESSIONS SERIES – POST # 2 There’s a certain kind of loneliness that comes with texting, “I’m sorry, I can’t make it today.” Not because I don’t want to be there, but because my body has already made the decision for me. But it is completely next level loneliness that takes really a while to hit you and make you […]
RESEARCH SIMPLIFIED SERIES – POST # 1 Most people think fatigue means “extremely tired”, “feeling sleepy”, or “having a general lack of energy.” Something a nap, coffee, or a weekend of rest can fix. But for those of us living with chronic illness, fatigue is something very different. It’s not just tiredness. It’s exhaustion that lives in your cells, a […]
CONFESSIONS SERIES – POST # 1 Living with invisible illness is like carrying around a secret you never volunteered to keep. From the outside, on some days I may look “fine. I have been losing weight without trying for the last 1.5 years. At first people gave me compliments for my weight loss and how I look nice, but eventually […]