The time between the first symptoms of an illness, and the day you receive a diagnosis are strange. A lot of worries, appointments, trials and errors. People often tell their "diagnosis story", I wrote about mine, but I feel like the little details and the emotions you go through when you are searching for a [...]
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A New Chapter in Strasbourg
Bonjour! A new update in life means I've needed to update my Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and now this blog. I left Brussels at the end of July, having completed my internship with the Greens, and now I am currently undertaking another with the communications department of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg! The Council of Europe is a separate [...]
Being Healthy in your 20s vs Being a Spoonie in your 20s
To be young, wild and free... Often a person is diagnosed with chronic illness when they are young, such as teens or twenties, aka in the "prime" of their life. This not only means you tend to be the youngest person in the doctor's waiting room by a generation or two, but it also means [...]
Bonjour From Brussels
Life can feel surreal at times, and these next five months I doubt will stop feeling surreal for me. I've finished my degree (minus two final essays), and I've started an internship in Brussels with the Greens. (Why I always end up in cities beginning with B I don't know...) And by Greens, I mean [...]
Here’s to the Chronic and Single
This was just sitting in my drafts, but why not publish it on the day people love to hate - Valentine's Day? My current date is a stomach bug (thanks travelling) - and I'm about to spend a long weekend with strangers in a hostel, wish my belly luck! I was reading a lovely article [...]
Angry, Hopeful, and Active
Photos of me as an activist: from my first demonstration against tuition fees in Leeds, 2010 aged 16, marching for refugees in Burgos, Spain 2015 aged 21, marching against Trump in Barcelona 2017 aged 22, canvassing for the Green Party for the elections in Sheffield, 2017 aged 22, collecting signatures for Amnesty in Berlin, [...]
Why living like a hermit crab simultaneously ruins you and makes you
I am currently living in my third city abroad, and moving to another next month (eee!) After, I fully intend on returning to the UK and finding one of them stable job things I've heard so much about. It will mark 3 years of unforgettable experiences. Anyone who has ever lived abroad, either permanently or [...]
Looking Back on 2017
Happy new year!! Last year I reflected on my own experience of 2016. So, I thought I'd do the same for 2017. Because why not. I'll also be focusing on the positives, because although there have been moments of fear and sadness, I like to end the year on a high note. Again, I won't [...]
Berlin is my new home
This month marks the beginning of my Erasmus+ exchange at Freie Universitat in Berlin! It is the one semester, so only until February/March, and it means that I will experience true winter after a year in sunny Barcelona... I enrolled today after arriving yesterday, and then decided to explore the city with my camera. It [...]
Quotes for when you’re feeling a bit shit
Literature is life. Or at least, a huge part of life. It's a way to escape, a way to be aware, a way to learn about yourself, and a way to learn about others. It can inspire you, calm you, upset you and even frustrate you. It is also origin of some of the best, [...]
Inside a Mind 