I was diagnosed with PCOS in 2010, with M.E in 2011, and then with fibromyalgia in 2014. I’ve struggled with Generalised Anxiety Disorder, with OCD (but no, my house isn’t always clean!) And imposter syndrome (yes, it’s real thing, and yes I googled it when I was told) I went from being a working single mum of two very young boys whilst studying a full time degree, to working my dream job at a zoo. . To slowly realising I just physically couldn’t do it 😦 and in amongst moving to our dream home on Anglesey, I resigned myself to being “just” a mum, and didn’t feel like a very good one at that. . I lost myself completely. . I isolated myself.. I bottled a whole load of things up, and became the shell of the once vibrant outgoing confident person I had been. . I am no where near “ok” now, whatever that means, but through lots of self help books and seeing a councillor, blogging kept coming up, as a way to vent, to make sense of things, and maybe even to connect with a few people in similar situations. . Here’s hoping
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Hi!! My husband, Joel (the guy who helped when you broke down several years ago!), sent me the link to your blog with a “you might find this interesting”.
PCOS – check, ME – check, fibro – seems to have eased off atm but previously check, feeling like I’d lost myself – check! Noticing a pattern here! 😂 Look forward to getting to know you on here and, maybe?, in real life at some point.
Becky
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Hey Becky, I do remember Joel, and how thankful I was for him coming to my rescue, we had only moved to anglesey the week before, I had my baby (now 5!!) And my doggy and hubby was three hours away! In fact, we sat behind him at the church for remembrance service and although I didn’t manage to say hello, I find point out to hubby who he was ❤ I’ve just read your article on being a perfectionist. . And I honestly could’ve written that myself! Literally from faking a fall to drop out of a race when I was 12 because I wasn’t winning . . To getting frustrated about not being a great mum or wife. . . Sounds like we’re very similar!
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