My New Normal

Hey doll hey! How’s your day/night going? Great I hope. I’m felling heaps better today. I’m having a normal pain day (my normal level is a 5) and my energy is ok today. The best part is there is no more panic or anxiety right now. Thank Goodness! My psychiatrist put me on Ativan and…

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How I Handled My Depressive Episode

Hey doll hey!! How’s your day/night going? Great I hope. So I’ve told you that I disappeared for a few months whilst I was battling a really deep episode with my depression. I took time off from makeup, there were days I just couldn’t even get myself in the shower… all I would do is…

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Why I Say Save a Spoon For a Bit of Lipstick

Hey doll hey!!! How’s your day/night going?? Great I hope. I have a lot of people ask me why I always say “Save a spoon for a bit of lipstick”. The reason I say this is that as a spoonie over the years I hadn’t always left spoons for self care. I would spend all…

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My Skin Care Routine

Hello beautiful! As promised here is my skin care routine. With depression I have let my skin care fall to the way side and my skin suffered horribly because of it. It has taken a lot of tlc to get my skin happy again… tons of face masks, homemade avocado face treatments, steam treatments, and…

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The Snow Globe Effect

The next few post will be hard for me to speak about… I only just started to acknowledge the fact that I have mental issues … now I am wanting to add a public acknowledgement of this. So lets talk about what it’s like to be a clinical depression suffer. Clinical Depression? What is that?…

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A Million Elephants On My Back

It’s time I addressed the elephants on my back …. depression hurts more than you think

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Face of the Day

Hey doll. Hope your day was smooth, pain free (errr… as close to pain free as any spoonie can have) and that you had plenty of spoons to make it through the day. I have been taking a new dose of my depression medication and it seems to be working for me .  I  have…

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I’ve Had Up’s and Down’s ; But …

Why hello there doll!!! Sorry I’ve been away so long. It’s been one hell after another since we last talked. I’ve been to see my rheumaatologist who took me off my muscle relaxers because he says he feels as though they are pointless as they do not help with fibromyalgia. I spent almost 3 weeks in such…

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Finally I See the Darn Bread Crumbs

  It’s been so long since my last blog post … do I even remember how to blog anymore? There was so much I wanted to accomplish with this blog and yet I seemed to have just drifted away from it. In the time I was away I lost my medical insurance, chopped my hair…

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The Bright Side of the Rainbow

Sorry to have been away so long. I was dealing with a huge bout of anxiety and depression. I am not 100% yet, but I’m trying. Today I fully expetcted to wake up feeling heaps of pain and fatigue since I accomplished so much yesterday. Yesterday I was able to to get out of bed,…

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