Most people aren’t faking sick. They are faking well. Society perpetuates all kinds of masking. Let’s normalize being a society in which NO one has to pretend they’re “fine.”

Breaking the cycle one step at a time.

Just had my EVP (evoked vision potential) test this afternoon. Such a weird experience + feeling when they put the threads in your eyes! No results as of yet, but MRI of neck and back on Saturday, and consultant review 14th June. Trying to stay as positive as possible!

Just so thankful for the little moments where it feels like life is on pause. The moments that feel like memories in motion. Moments I thought I wouldn’t see. Life is worth living. I promise you that. X

From the darkness of postnatal depression—where I felt no bond, only numbness—to today, where my son is sunshine in human form. Healing is possible. 💛 #PostnatalDepression #Motherhood #HealingJourney

I feel like everything is a little bit better in the sunshine ☀️☀️☀️☀️

Sometimes I forget how far I’ve come. When I was in the depths of my perinatal illness, I couldn’t even order my own coffee. Now I’m sat in a coffee shop, reading my book and feeling genuinely relaxed. Things can change.

You know, sometimes it’s really hard and you don’t even know why? I guess that’s okay. I guess that’s what healing looks like because it isn’t linear.

There’s something about a sunset that reminds me that every day we can start again. It’s a beautiful thing. ☀️

I felt so sad today and I didn’t even know why. But you know what? I got up and did the things anyway.

Time to make some brave and passionate choices…

I think often about the big moments I would have missed if I’d taken my life, or if my attempts had worked, but today I thought about all of the small moments. The tiny moments that add up to be the big moments and the joy of being present through it all.

Dropped our husky off for an operation to remove a lump from his neck this morning. I can only hope that this isn’t more bad news incoming.

Just finished being hooked up for 24 hours to this heart monitor. Hopefully it will either give us some answers, or show that my tachycardia has resolved.

Michaela Taylor Charlie Smith Oversharer? I think it’s spelled b-r-a-v-e. Your posts include not only your struggles but your efforts to get help and that may give someone else hope.

Churching with my sweet boy.

Being on quetiapine seems to have the biggest shift I’ve ever had with medications, but the sedative affects are starting to really take a toll on my daily life. Does it get better?

Found out today that this soft sausage has a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Prognosis is likely around a year at this point in time. He’s still his usual self at the moment, but man, this has broken me. He’s been pivotal to my mental health.

Been in hospital since Wednesday. Transferred from local to specialist. Having seizures. Waking up confused, covered in my blood. Awaiting a bed on a neurology ward. They think they may be non-epileptic seizures, but aren’t sure yet. One thing I’m sure of is that I’m scared.