Life with a dash of ADHD for good measure
Hi, I’m Karen
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Dealing with Arachnophobia – How I tackled my fear of spiders
Arachnophobia is very common, and spiders are hated by many. Getting over a fear of spiders is possible though. I did it.
I was terrified of spiders, big ones, small ones, hairy ones, I did not like them. I would freak out if I knew one was in a room, and the thought of ...
Caffeine and ADHD
I have inattentive ADHD. In 2021 I was diagnosed, and since then we have managed and viewed life understanding more about why I am the way I am. I am currently not medicated. With the agreement of my medical practitioner I self manage most symptoms and ADHD issues. Part of ...
The kitten that nobody wanted
If you follow us having come from CatsKidsChaos, you may know this story. But I thought I would share it here. Layla, our cat before we had children, was a kitten that nobody wanted, but we did. She is one of the reasons this blog came out of our orginal blog and was a huge ...
Menopause dry skin solutions?
This is a collaborative post sharing some menopause dry skin solutions that work for me. I hope it's helpful to those of you facing perimenopause or menopause, like me and are trying to find things that help and work.
One of the things that I didn't really think ...
The 10% cat. A tail of surviving Feline Infectious Peritonitis
Feline Infectious Peritonitis is usually lethal for most cats. Our beloved Layla became ill with it, as a young cat but as you read on, you will see that she is one of the 10% of cats that beat it and live to tell the tail (see what I did there??)
Layla came into our lives ...
Compassion Fatigue: When Caring Too Much Feels Like Too Much
Let’s talk about something we don’t often like to admit: sometimes, caring gets exhausting. Whether it’s looking after kids who need you at every waking moment (and even the non-waking ones), taking care of loved ones, or working in a role where you’re constantly helping ...
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