Depression

Issue #285: Realising That Anti-Depressants Aren't 'Happy Pills' or a Sign of Weakness & Children Need Love and Support - Which You Can Still Give as a Parent with Chronic Illness

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Friday, 08 October 2021. Issue #285. In This Issue: Realising that the anti-depressants prescribed by your doctor aren’t ‘happy pills’ or a sign of weakness. But medication that will help you live to fight another day with depression. Children don’t need a lot to be happy and fulfilled – it’s your love and support that […]

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Issue #276: Interesting Myths About the Brain That We Believe & An Interview with a Doctor on Heart Rate Viability (HRV)

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Friday, 06 August 2021. Issue #276. In This Issue: One of the many myths about the brain is that there is a clear divider between diseases of the mind and body, such as depression and cardiovascular disease. When your medical tests don’t show that there’s anything wrong, yet the symptoms experienced are very real and […]

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Issue 262: You Did Not Do Anything 'Wrong' to Get an Autoimmune Disorder & The Struggle with Self-Identity Whilst Chronically Illness

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Friday, 23 April 2021. Issue #262. In This Issue: Many with chronic illness often feel like suicide is an option on the table. The person who makes me smile the most is my puppy, who is not even a person! The internet ensures hyperconnectivity, yet miscommunication and false narratives have also escalated. If you don’t […]

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Why I Moved from SiteGround to Cloudways (and Couldn’t be Happier). Plus Cute Puppy Pics & A New Pacing Strategy.

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A bit of a mishmash of topics this month for my linkup entry, but why not?! Read about my latest web hosting saga; a mini review of SiteGround and Cloudways of sorts. A bit of a blogger’s nightmare as my website was taken offline for almost a week. And how that turned to a blessing […]

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Issue #242: Pain is Pain, Which We All Experience and Cope with Differently & Deliciously Dark Poems by a Chronically Ill Poet | A Chronic Voice

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Friday, 04 December 2020. Issue #242. In this issue: The Chronic Illness Christmas Giveaway is now underway, thanks to these 34 lovely sponsors who have contributed up to a hundred gifts! Pain is pain, which we all cope and experience differently; support your fellow human being, there is no need to bring them down. The […]

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