With chronic pain, you have to find your coping mechanisms, the things that speed up time or make it a little less distressing. As many know, gaming is one way that I usually achieve both of those aims. Comfort food also helps from time to time, too. A year or so ago I decided to […]
Comm terminals beeped quietly but persistently, the occasional astromech whirred through doing their daily tasks and the allies of the Alliance held their usual conversations and exchanged intelligence and ideas. As she followed directions to the meeting room, Mar’yssi could not help but feel this was more a calm before a storm, rather than business […]
A few days ago, I had three drinks I needed to carry up to my office. I took one drink in each hand and told my three-year-old daughter I would be popping down for the last one. Her response to most statements, however obvious the reply, is “Why?”. I simply replied something like “there are […]
As many of you are aware, things have been really tough recently. It’s like almost all the major life events that are applicable to my circumstances have happened. Apart from moving house, but even that’s on the cards now. This led to my last post about it’s okay to not be okay. A lot of […]
It’s okay to not be okay is a phrase that has long been part of how chronically-ill people relate to each other. However, it’s only been in the last year or so that it has gained prominance. Even the Scottish First Minister used this phrase during one of her COVID-19 updates. So in this post, […]
