When you are managing pain and illness in your life there often seems to be constant withdrawals from your reserves of spirit. I often use the analogy of a bucket of water. Dealing with pain and illness depletes the level in my bucket, so I’m always looking for things that fill … [Read more...]
Hello world! – The Get Up And Go Guru Website Goes Live!
I've just migrated over from my free Wordpress blog. It's all very exciting, but I'm just working my way through the technical issues at the moment, so enjoy the blogs on living with CFS / ME and other chronic illness that I've already written and you'll hear from me very … [Read more...]
Alone, lonely, isolated? It Can Be When Living With CFS / ME & Other Spoonie Illnesses
Sometimes it really feels like we’re all alone in the world, doesn’t it? When managing a life with CFS / ME, illness and pain it can feel even more like we’re on our own. Facing the whole prospect of aloneness is something I’ve been dealing with a lot lately. I have a strong … [Read more...]
Trapped In My Body – CFS, Pregnancy & Electrosensitivity
There was nowhere to go. Nowhere I could go to escape myself, my illness, my pain. I was trapped like a dragonfly in amber. Inside my failure of a body I carried one of nature's miracles - the innocent cause of my body's latest breakdown. My baby daughter, unknowingly, innocently … [Read more...]
The Curse of Perfectionism in Managing CFS / ME & Other Chronic Illness
Perfectionism is the perfect excuse not to do anything in life. Perfectionism is often the equivalent of procrastination, or at the very least, being a perfectionist usually leads to a great deal of procrastination - "If I can't do it perfectly/properly I won't do it at all!" is … [Read more...]
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