Not Indestructible. John.

Mind Palaver

It expresses perfectly for me why I find ‘things’ so difficult – because I’m continually having to react to right myself, responding to internal change the whole time to keep myself upright and stable, dealing with placing my feet on a constantly shifting surface, and coping with the sickening feeling that the small challenge up ahead may just be beyond me. (Elle. What’s it Really Like)

Elle’s post yesterday on finding the correct language to describe what living with these conditions is like, has got me thinking on how others perceive what’s going on with people like us. The analogy she used about the elderly lady having to take a walk on perilous icey grounds describes perfectly what I went through for two years prior to responding well to a treatment.

I can’t hit the years exactly but I reckon around 2007 to 2009 I experienced my worst problems with…

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Endorphins and Anxiety. (John)

We've all been told about the benefits of exercise in relation to our mental health many times over. Up until the past few months I was pretty much unable to perform any kind of serious exercise for almost six years. I had two displaced discs in my back. I was due to get an operation…

My Mind (Palaver) This Week. (John)

Being at a loss for a specific blog topic to write on today I thought I'd get down a few disparate ideas that have been floating around in my head. ENDORPHINS. I've taken up running. I'm doing the NHS couch to 5k programme and am currently on to week 6. Much has been written about…