Staying Positive.

Dominique. 36, taken. Chronic fatigue. Recovery blog. INFJ. Mother of two. Artist. Plant enthusist. Gamer. lover of sunshine. This is my page and sometimes it's going to be really personal, at the moment I’m in recovery. Trying to get back my health and work out why I am so tired all the time. - “in testing mode!” So don’t expect much. I’m not working at my optimum but I’d love to get back to being my normal self again.

[serenityquest]

[existennialmemes]

Am I on time? No, but do I have a good attitude? Not at all. But am I making the best of it? Listen.

[girl-that-writes]

It just breaks my heart so much when I see someone burning themselves out to try to become perfect. Nothing in this world has ever been perfect, nor will it ever be. If things could ever be perfect, evolution would have just stopped at some point, don't you think?

[recomvery]

A nice thing to think about is that everything gets easier the more you do it. You can teach yourself most anything. Playing an instrument, making friends, applying to jobs, thinking more positively. Things seem hard at first but after trying them out 100 times they seem much more achievable. You can do a lot if you're patient. If you don't villainize yourself because you can't do something after the first try.

[generalelectionmusings]

[evelyn-art-05]

chronic illness is so fucking annoying because what do you mean I was completely fine and able to do tons of work yesterday with no problem but today I can't even stand up from bed without feeling like I might collapse. like what do you MEAN

[healinghealthy]

I realised that trying to do the full videos was turning out to be a little to much for me at the moment. So I’ve scaled back my expectations and have resorted to trying to do two of the moves well.

I’m focusing on glute bridges with my feet turned out: I made it up to 10 of them last night. I’d like to work up to 50.

And clam shells with my legs, but not the traditional ones, she suggests only opening your knees as wide as a tennis ball. So as I’m doing the move I try and imagine the size of a tennis ball between my knees. This also means that I hold it for the 4s she advises as I’m like that big, no that big. I managed 8 on each side. I’d like to be able to at least do 20 on each side.

I think this is a more manageable way to build up my strength and I don’t feel as sore and unable to walk still this morning. Plus once I reach my goals I feel like I’ll be more able to tackle the full videos.

Really looking forward to having a hip brace for when I need to walk places, it still hasn’t arrived yet but I’m hoping it should be here at some point today.

[healinghealthy]

Hello!

Long time no post. I got locked out of my account for ages last year and have only just sorted it.

This year has been hard and tiring, I’m so close to finishing my course. But it’s definitely been the most challenging and stressful thing I’ve done.

My health also has been so up and down, and I’ve just been trying to embrace the ups and spend time with those I love when I feel up to it.

The good news this year is I’m pregnant with my third, but I’ve been having some issues with my hips like I did with my daughter.

I really need to gently encourage myself to workout more frequently to support my hips, and have invested in a hip support belt as well.

I’ll post the two videos I’m using at the minute after this post, but for some reason it’s not letting me put it in the post. If anyone else has had this issue and has some others that they have used?

I thought holding myself more accountable on here would be a good way to do that. I always loved working out when I could share it and I find I’m more able to stick to a routine when I do.

I hope everyone has been well?

[selfhealingmoments]

[healinghealthy]

Spotted that my chilly plant had decided to grow some chillis this year, I planted it from seed last year and it just didn’t do anything. Except flower repeatedly. I’m also growing some lettuce this year, a tomato plant and some potatoes. I might grab some strawberries at some point too, because we love strawberries and eat through them so quickly. 😂

Bearded dragon is huge now, we made his enclosure a bio-tank set up, he’s so much more active now compared to before and loves to hunt the bugs that we place in his tank.

Taking advantage of my fatigue being less to do a walking workout. It’s not crazy hard and there’s no weights , but it’s enough that I can feel it.

I don’t want to push myself into a flare again.

This is the one I used. Definitely works up a sweat, and I modified the more high impact moves to be slower and more gentle.

But I guess I’ve got to start somewhere, even if building up is slow. I’m also listening to a lecture as I workout, because I have my first exam on Friday, and I need to revise but wanted to get my body moving today.

[healinghealthy]

My fatigue isn’t too bad at the moment, it’s still there but it’s very low levels, it’s been a hot minute since I’ve actually been able to get up in the morning without falling asleep again or dragging myself up. But that means I’ve actually had the energy and motivation to do a bunch of house projects that I’ve been putting off, I’m really proud of them. They look so nice.

We’ve also just had a really busy weekend. It was my sisters 30th, and my nephews 1st birthday. So I actually got dressed up and traveled down to see her Saturday she wanted to go out for a meal. Which of course I’m going to do because it’s only once in her life that she turns 30, but I haven’t been on a train since 2015. Which is wild, and it gave me a load of anxiety so I felt stressed all day until I left, it wasn’t that bad in the end, the train was full of drunk people on the way home but, It was nice to see how much Exeter has changed since I last went there.

Then on Sunday we celebrated my nephews 1st birthday, at her in-laws house. The kids loved it, because they had a huge bouncy castle and It was a beautiful place right out in the middle of Dartmoor. We had so much amazing food, I ate so much fruit 😂 but it was just piled high and it was so hot that day.

I’m still finishing up university, I have two exams on the 26th and 30th, then that is the first year completely over and done with. It’s been a tough year, not going to lie.

I went in feeling like it was going to be easy, and it has not been at all. I don’t know why I thought that 😂 it’s a Masters degree. But I’m passing and that’s the main thing and I’m aiming to get a 2:1 overall.

[shorterstrides-fasterpace]

Lets start to normalize going slow. Slow, steady, consistent.

Take time to develop habits. A little step at a time, day over day, month over month, year over year. Take little steps. Gain momentum. The momentum will carry you though and keep you on track. Don't expect to see changes in a week. Start looking after a month, two months, six months, two years. Find a journey that brings you joy.

[healinghealthy]

[softdaisie]

maybe the purpose of life is to fill it with as many positive things as you can. regardless of how bad life gets, don’t let it steal your personality, your hobbies, your style. after coming home from a bad day at work maybe you need to sit down and read a nice book. after studying non-stop for so long, maybe you should finish that crochet project you’ve been putting off because you’re so busy. maybe we should prioritize the things we love, the things that make us happy, and not just the things we’re forced to do to survive. in this society, a little peace from the outside world is important. don’t give up on the things that make you happy. don’t forget about yourself.

[gerardpilled]

“Thin brows are back in” “skinny jeans are back” “wolfcuts are out” “this style of eyeshadow is soo trendy right now” “big asses are out, slim figures are in”

Hey do you guys ever make your own decisions or form your own ideas on how you would personally like to look that’s not based around what’s currently being sold to you. Is that not possible

[clownboybebop]

“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months”

-Oscar Wilde

[healinghealthy]

This is my favourite way to start the day.

[the-curl-almighty-squad]

Friendly reminder that:

Young people can have arthritis too.

There are hundreds of life long conditions and diseases out there that are typically diagnosed between 12 and 30.

There is a vast difference between being tired and having chronic fatigue.

Just because you can’t tell that someone is unwell from looking at them, doesn’t mean that you should assume that they are ok.

Many chronic illnesses are life long, and incurable. Many of them are potentially fatal.

If you have a disease like Lupus, on good days you still feel like you have a bad flu, 24/7.

Many of the medications used to treat chronic conditions have side effects that can really affect someone’s self esteem - like extreme weight gain, skin changes and hair loss.

Most chronic illnesses have very little awareness - its unlikely that you’ve heard of Sjogren’s Syndrome, Scleroderma, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome or Fibromyalgia.

However these diseases can cause symptoms as varied as joint pain, fatigue, constant nausea, kidney failure, pneumonia, photo sensitivity, full body rashes, paralysis, strokes etc.

So please remember that invisible illnesses exist too :)

[snkl-frtz]

Do not mistake composure for ease.

No one should need to have - or be on the verge of - a breakdown for you to take them and their needs seriously.

[jumpingjacktrash]

my osteoarthritis started showing symptoms when i was fourteen years old. i had to quit the soccer team because i grew bone spurs on the inside of my kneecaps. so that was fun! you’re not “too young to be sick,” that’s just-world-fallacy bullshit.

related: don’t assume someone who uses a wheelchair is ‘faking’ if you see them stand or walk. most wheelchair users aren’t paralyzed. most likely they can stand, walk, even run in an emergency, but it hurts like a bastard and can lay them out for days afterwards.

nobody owes you a performance of a stereotyped disability token. if you are abled, it is on you to accomodate us, not the other way around.

thank you for reading, and for taking a moment to absorb the information. <3