I’ve not been blogging much lately. In fact, it’s over two months since I last published a post and I have been somewhat absent on social media and on my trigeminal neuralgia support group too. In the past, that would have driven me nuts. But this time it hasn’t. In…
Category: Distractions
Coeliac Disease
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My Gorgeous Wire-Haired Vizsla is Now Two Years Old and Has a Food Allergy
It’s hard to believe that Kip, my wire-haired vizsla is now two years old. The last couple of years have flown by. It seems like no time at all since we picked up our gorgeous ball of fluff. Now she’s all grown up but still a gorgeous ball of fluff….
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4 Important Life Lessons From My Art Teacher
A few weeks ago, I mentioned that I used to attend an art class. That class helped me at a time when I desperately needed it. As well as learning to paint, I also learned four important life lessons from the art teacher. Life Lessons From My Art Teacher I’ve…
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Living and Enjoying Life With Spinal Muscular Atrophy – Guest Post
Today, I am absolutely thrilled to bring you another guest post. Gemma Orton, who blogs at Wheelescepades, has a condition called Spinal Muscular Atrophy. I ‘met’ Gemma a couple of years ago on the Chronic Illness Bloggers group. As well as bringing awareness about SMA and accessibility issues, Gemma also…
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A Pupdate and a Wordle Obsession ~ February 2022
How has this month been for you? My pup turned one (can I still call her a pup?) and we’ve had to buy expensive hypoallergenic dog food. And…I have a Wordle obsession. That kind of sums up February in my house. It’s really hard to believe that our gorgeous Hungarian…
Chronic Pain
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A Passion for Hobbies ~ Guest Post by Nikki Albert
Today I am bringing you a guest post from another chronic illness blogger, Nikki Albert, who blogs at Brainless Blogger. Nikki suffers from chronic migraines, fibromyalgia, asthma, hypothyroidism, depression, and hypermobility syndrome. You can read more about her here. Despite her pain and chronic illnesses, Nikki has a passion for…
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How to Make Hobbies Work Despite Your Pain
There are no magic answers to living with pain. There’s no quick fix and often, there’s no fix at all. That’s why we need to learn about tools and techniques we can use to help us cope with it. Things like breathing, sleeping, pacing are necessary but hobbies can help…
Chronic Pain
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How to Help People With Chronic Pain or Illness
Life can be difficult for people who live with chronic pain or a chronic illness but it must also be difficult for friends and family who look on wishing that they could do more to help. How Can People Help Someone With Chronic Pain or Illness? Often, friends or family…
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Chasing My Tail Thanks to a Beautiful Puppy Called Kip
I haven’t been around lately because, yet again, we have had no internet and are we’re really not very happy with our service provider. Having no internet should really have given me lots of time to get caught up with odd jobs in the house, but it’s actually been the…
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Creativity Can Help You to Cope With Your Pain
I often mention using distractions as a way of coping with pain. That’s because when we concentrate on something, it can take the focus off the pain, even if only briefly. I love creative hobbies because my mind can become really absorbed in whatever I’m doing. A lot of people in the chronic illness community are also creative, so perhaps I’m not the only one who thinks that creativity can help us to cope with pain.
I would never suggest that creativity can cure pain. If my doctors can’t cure it, painting a pretty picture or stringing some beads together certainly won’t. But I’m sure it helps me to cope.