I hope this gives people living with chronic pain permission to admit that the emotional load can become just as exhausting as the physical pain. Sometimes, it takes a stranger to remind us just how heavy the weight we’ve been carrying really is. Have you ever had one of those moments when a stranger says… Continue reading Living with Chronic Pelvic Pain: When You’ve Been Strong for Too Long and a stranger just drops into your life for a moment and you feel heard?
Month: October 2026
Finding the Positives When You Live With Endometriosis and Pudendal Neuralgia
Let’s be honest. There is nothing inherently positive about living with endometriosis or pudendal neuralgia. The pain is real. The exhaustion is real. The frustration is real. The appointments, procedures, medications, investigations, setbacks and uncertainty are real. But something I’ve discovered through living with chronic pelvic pain is that the experience can change you in… Continue reading Finding the Positives When You Live With Endometriosis and Pudendal Neuralgia
There are genuinely things chronic illness can teach or strengthen in you.
There are genuinely things chronic illness can teach or strengthen not because suffering is good, but because you’ve had to develop things you might never otherwise have had to develop. I claim all my power back to me 🧡 You can become more: Present - noticing tiny moments that would once have passed you by.… Continue reading There are genuinely things chronic illness can teach or strengthen in you.
I Don’t Need a Normal Life. I Want a Full One.
For a long time, I think I measured my life against what I thought a “normal” life was supposed to look like. Being able to make plans without thinking about pain. Going out without wondering how long I would be able to sit. Having a busy day and simply getting on with it. Moving my… Continue reading I Don’t Need a Normal Life. I Want a Full One.
I Want to Live With Intensity
I don’t want to simply survive my life. I want to feel it. I want to live with intensity. I want to laugh until my stomach hurts, dance in the kitchen, make things with my hands, listen to music loudly, love deeply, create beautiful things, sit under the stars, travel, kiss my person, watch my… Continue reading I Want to Live With Intensity
