Author: Jase Puddicombe

I have many days when I can’t get dressed. For me, it’s because of my chronic illnesses, but it can happen for all sorts of reasons – depression, poor mental health, fatigue, situational crises, physical pain, or even just having no motivation. When this happens, it’s incredibly hard to get …

We’re all familiar with battle imagery around illness, right? We refer to ‘chronic illness warriors’ and people ‘battling cancer’ and ‘fighting through their mental illness’. It’s often seen as a positive thing – as if illness is something to overcome, and something to be in contention with, and something to …

I like to call myself an aggressive optimist. What do I mean by that, exactly? Well, being an optimist is fairly self-explanatory, I think – I am definitely a glass-half-full, things-will-get-better, the-sun-will-rise-again-and-everything-will-be-ok kind of person, and, on the whole, I like that about myself. I tend to see the good …

I will die on this hill, alright? There is absolutely nothing in this world worse than hiccups with costochondritis. I’m sure that sounds completely bizarre to most of you reading this, but I can guarantee that anyone else out there with costochondritis will know exactly what I’m talking about. Hiccups …

Yes, I really am writing a post about the importance of pyjamas. I’m sure a lot of you are squinting at your screen wondering if you’re reading that right, because if I, a person living with chronic debilitating illness, consider pyjamas important enough to dedicate a whole blog post to, …