All social media usually shows is the rosy side of life. I do try to post about the whole picture around living with a medical fuck up acquired disability. But there are always things you don’t see when you read about the rosier side of life.
Continue reading “PTSD / disability: What you don’t see”Tag: mental stress
Broken
I’m known as the ever positive, go get em disabled person. But there’s another side to this face that you don’t often see.
Continue reading “Broken”#225 Managing my own mental health/ self care
Mental health is a massive pressure for everyone these days, never mind those of us who already had some challenges. Here’s how I’m dealing with it to keep myself on a level and take care of ME.
Continue reading “#225 Managing my own mental health/ self care”POEM – PTSD: behind the smiles
📖 Poem – PTSD: Behind the smiles
Continue reading “POEM – PTSD: behind the smiles”It’s not like you think [poem]
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It’s not all sweetness and light
Living in a world of judgement
Superficial opinions
And barriers at every turn.
It’s not all smiles and positivity
In a world that hates ‘abnormal’
Ignorant hatred
That hurts to the core.
It’s not as easy as it looks
To access life differently
And fight for everything
That you simply take for granted.