Abigail's Anxieties

Leaving the house with fibromyalgia My tips and tricks As some of you may know, I have a pain condition called fibromyalgia (on top of a few other conditions but that’s for another time) and as a full-time university student, I often find myself having to leave the house on high pain days. Now don’t get me wrong, I’ve had days where I haven’t been able to get out of bed and I’ve tried to do learning at home, but sometimes the pain and fatigue has been so bad I can’t even work from bed. Those days are known as “write off days” in our household. But on other days the pain has been bad, but not bad enough for me to stay at home so I find myself having to get dressed and venture into the outside world. Over the past few years, I’ve been working out what can help me when I’m out on the go to help push through those few hours until I can get back to the sanctuary that is my bed with my heating pad and a mountain of pillows to support my back. And I’m here to share tho...

Feeling guilty for being chronically ill... But should I be? So in case you're new to this blog, I'm chronically ill in a few ways. A full list of medical conditions is as follows: Generalised anxiety disorder (GED) Moderate depression Asthma Fibromyalgia Costochondritis And unfortunately having the mix of all of these means that there are and many things I'm unable to do, not only for myself but for others around me. For example, I would often like to be able to carry things for my mum, but because of my fibromyalgia, I can't carry much with the pain in my back, shoulders and arms. I'm always being told it's okay that I can't do things like that, but it still doesn't suppress the guilt in me, especially when I see people struggling with something. As I write this, I'm in the tail end of a fibromyalgia and costochondritis flare-up. 24 hours ago I was in such pain that I just wanted to, unfortunately, end it all. I was also bu...

99p lip mask?! Good deal, but does it work? Testing a lip mask from the shop body care If you read my last post (which you can see  here ) then you will know that I tested the glitter peel-off mask from Body care. Well, that mask wasn't the only thing I picked up while I was there. I also got myself this 2 pack gold collagen hydrogel lip mask (along with something else, but that's a secret for now...) for just 99p. No matter how much water I drink, how much lip balm I put on and how well I take care of them in general, my lips are always feeling dry, chapped and just uncomfortable. So when I saw this I thought I may as well give it a go, it's only 99p after all. And while I'm at it, I thought I'd bring all of you wonderful people along for the ride, so here's my review of the lip mask. By the way, apologies for my appearance in the pictures, but I did this during a fibromyalgia flare-up so the thought of brushing my hair and getting dressed ...

Peel off glitter mask: just a gimmick? Does this mask do what it says, or is it just a gimmick to sell? Skincare is everywhere right now, with so many people having multiple steps in their skincare routine and with so many products available in store. But sometimes those products can get a little boring, with the same dull packaging and plain colour, so wouldn't it be nice to have something a bit more fun? A bit more interesting? And maybe even a little sparkly?  If you answered yes to any of those questions then never fear, because Bodycare (a beauty shop chain in the UK) now stock this: Colour Glow purifying peel off glitter mask. Now I saw this on the shelf and just like a magpie I was attracted to the shiny thing and the fact that it said it deeply cleanses the skin and reduces acne and blackheads. I attend university in the middle of Birmingham so my skin is exposed to a lot of pollution so anything that can get any of that out of my skin ...