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a white woman with long hair (me) has an arm and a leg sticking out of an upstairs window and is grinning
February 16, 2019October 17, 2019 Fatigue Fairy

Trying To Get Off The Optimism Train

two white women doing star jumps against a blue sky
September 12, 2017October 17, 2019 Fatigue Fairy

10 Ways You Can Help A Mentally Ill Friend

Barbed wire is stretched across a blurry scene of green grass and trees. Below the wire is written sometimes I can sever the cruelty-pain link someone has forged between us.
November 3, 2019November 3, 2019 Fatigue Fairy

Boundaries Again: The Doing!

A sillhouetted branch of thorns, with writing over them which reads, trying to deny something I'm ashamed of is like a thorn in the knickers.
October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Fatigue Fairy

Aboard the Ship Self-Help 4: Integration

An oil filled heater on wheels.
October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 Fatigue Fairy

Adding to the Pile of Good Things: Electric Heater

A little heap of small stones tumbling out of a bag. Writing on one of them is visible and reads, paint or draw.
September 29, 2019September 29, 2019 Fatigue Fairy

Aboard the Ship Self-Help 3: Coping Stones

A yellow plastic model of a brain with frogs' legs.
September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 Fatigue Fairy

Adding to the Pile of Good Things: the Brain Frog

An instant porridge pot with a spoon on top. White text underneath reads, Using instant porridge pots allows me to eat a hot breakfast, something that makes a significant difference to my energy levels, and to make it myself.
September 22, 2019September 22, 2019 Fatigue Fairy

Chronic Illness vs the Environment

A grey stone rests on fabric with a floral pattern. There is purple writing on the stone which reads, to live is to be vulnerable.
September 18, 2019September 29, 2019 Fatigue Fairy

Aboard the Ship Self-Help 2: But won’t being vulnerable make me really vulnerable…?

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