Hello Blooms, I have felt a great sense of hesitation whenever I think about writing a blog post about the topic I shall be discussing today with you all. Yet at this point whenever I feel hesitant to talk about how I feel, I just go ahead and do it. I'm sick of hiding behind [...]
Category: Mental health
Today’s recommendation – How to help someone with a mental illness – The Do’s and Don’t’s (Heather’s Perspective)
Hello Blooms, In today's 'Bloom recommended' we have a brilliant piece by a fellow blogger by the name of Heather. Her down-to-earth analysis of the way people typically responds to those with mental illness is paralleled with ways to support people who are suffering from it. This is fuelled from personal insight, and in it's [...]
Bloom’s recommended – Emotional Scars: The Legacy Of Adverse Childhood Experiences
CW: mentions of childhood trauma A fabulous analysis of childhood trauma and the lasting effect it has on emotional navigation in adulthood. I would definitely recommend reading this insightful and well-written piece. All children are born very needy and dependent. They simply cannot survive without a responsible adult providing the necessary care. Besides basic needs [...]
Mental Health Double Standards
Hello Blooms, UM...I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION Why do we respect suffering in silence; not wanting to 'trouble' anyone with a so-called problem? Why do we expect this of ourselves yet encourage other people to talk to us about anything that is on their mind? We are upholding the negative stereotypes we are actively trying [...]
The EDS Chronicles: Fearless Christianity – praying upon the sick and vulnerable
Hello Blooms, I first off want to thank you for the positive feedback I received on my last blog post. It was one regarding the exploitation of disability - and yet again I am here to call out those who are doing just that. Ehlers Danlos Syndrome is a genetic condition causing a defect in [...]
Category is: appropriating illness and disabilities
Hey Blooms, I hope you are all doing well, and that everyone who celebrated Halloween had a great time. This year I haven't celebrated as much as I normally do, because chronic illness can take one look at my plans and throw 'em out the window. My ME is flaring up as of late, and [...]
The EDS Chronicles: stripes w/ a 100% chance of fog
Blooms, Waking up in the morning, rubbing the sleep out of your eyes, switching off the alarm and opening the curtains. After your eyes have adjusted to the bright light of the Autumn morn, you notice a fog accumulating. You brush it off and continue to get ready for the day ahead. Yet the fog [...]
A catch-up w/ Ana and Ed
"In a good place" • The kettle is on, the tea is being poured and places being set ready to welcome a conversation between me and some old 'friends' Ana and Ed - as it has been a while since we've had a catch and revisited old times and how things are going in the [...]
They Say Things Come in 3’s
"They say things come in three's" As I'm sitting in a Pret a Manger with a cranberry juice watching people buy pastries and eat rather empty looking salads - a sudden thought dawns on me. Well, it's more like my conscious has invaded my subconscious as all of a sudden I go from thinking [...]
Living with Chronic Illness
Dear Blooms, Thank you for once again reading my work. I don't normally start blog posts off like this as I'm aware some people don't read my work for me, but the topic of conversation. However, I want to say how grateful I am to put something out there into the world which has allowed [...]
