Relationships – Part 2
The Girl Who Ran Away In Her Sleep
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1M ago
Happy Valentines Day! I had this blog sitting unfinished for months now so decided what day better to finish it than the day of love itself. If you are single and hate this day, this could be a good chuckle for you because even though you may be single, you are better alone than with any of the crazy cats I encountered in my time being recently single. So tuck in with some chocolates, put a boy hating playlist on (Maisie Peters/ O Rod) and enjoy my dating tales of woe. My last blog ended with the end of my last relationship (which was June 2021) and me looking around my one bed apartment wonde ..read more
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Launch of the Mind Your Sleep Podcast
The Girl Who Ran Away In Her Sleep
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5M ago
The idea of starting a podcast was floated about 2 years ago now with a friend of mine and fellow person with Narcolepsy, Aoife Harte. Aside from both having Narcolepsy we found that we had a lot in common and a similar attitude towards our health condition. We spent a lot of time talking back and forth and decided that we wanted to get some information out there on Narcolepsy in a way that people might be able to access and relate to.   I am delighted to say that we have now launched it on Spotify and have recorded our first four episodes. Check out our episodes so far below: &n ..read more
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Narcolepsy & Relationships
The Girl Who Ran Away In Her Sleep
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11M ago
This blog has had the most edits of any blog I have ever written. It is a difficult topic to write about but mostly it just wouldn’t stop writing itself. Seriously. Online dating is the gift that keeps on giving. If I was the journalist in a Hallmark movie tasked to write about my dating experiences I would have a whole column by now. How to lose a guy in ten days? No problem to me. It’s January 2023 and I have finally plucked up the courage to post a blog on Narcolepsy and Relationships. The impact relationships have had on my life was one of the most difficult things for me to decipher. Why ..read more
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Post Corporate Life – The Identity Crisis 
The Girl Who Ran Away In Her Sleep
by mainadmin
2y ago
   It’s been a while since I wrote a blog now and I’m not sure why I couldn’t write one earlier. I suppose in terms of the timeline of the diary I didn’t really know how to format this section of life? Would anyone still want to read on or was I just going to be rambling about daily life Narcolepsy struggles that you have all heard before? It all changed when I read a book recently called ‘Everything I know about Love’ by Dolly Alderton and felt inspired to start writing again. I related so much to her book simply because I felt that our life circumstances lined up. Full of unfiltere ..read more
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The Same But Different 
The Girl Who Ran Away In Her Sleep
by mainadmin
2y ago
The recovery from surgery was a long one and I was off work for about 2-3 months. In that time I did a lot of reflecting on what had happened to me.  During my time off a family member was involved in an accident and before I knew it I was surrounded by the familiar sound of beeping hospital machines and a blurred sea of green fashioned as indoor décor. Instead of someone leaning over my bedside, I was leaning over theirs offering water to cope with the dryness induced by the oxygen mask.  I met up with my boss for lunch one day and I remember going over the event ..read more
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A Life Update & A Post Op Journey Home
The Girl Who Ran Away In Her Sleep
by mainadmin
2y ago
  I have found it hard to write recently. But I also don’t know how to start this part of the story so maybe a part of me has been putting it off. When I started writing this blog I thought that this was going to be a story of struggle but eventual triumph. I thought that I had life all figured out and that I was going to write a lovely ending tied up in a bow. I would have my ending of the Paradise video where the Elephant finds its tribe and loves life. What I have discovered, is that life is full of twists and turns. The goal is to be able to live a happy and fulfilled life a ..read more
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Recovering on the Gynae Ward Post Surgery 
The Girl Who Ran Away In Her Sleep
by mainadmin
3y ago
Hello!   I haven’t posted in a while for various reasons. Going on new medication, getting used to side effects and coming off said medication cold turkey was a rough time. I wasn’t myself and frankly I was horrified by both my physical and mental symptoms. I still don’t think I’m out of the woods yet but I will get there.  I was put on Venlafaxine in February, it’s an SNRI medication which in my case was prescribed to try and suppress my REM sleep. This was meant to help reduce my nightmares and I trialled it for 5 weeks. Unfortunately, it made me feel awful and I had to stop t ..read more
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Thinking About Therapy Podcast Episode with Dr Patricia Barber
The Girl Who Ran Away In Her Sleep
by mainadmin
3y ago
Hi everyone Just a post to link anyone who is interested to the most recent podcast episode of Thinking About Therapy which I had the pleasure of being a guest on this week! I discussed everything from Narcolepsy symptoms to the mental health impact of living with this condition. Check out the link below if you would like to listen: If you are interested in getting in touch with Dr Patricia Barber you can do so via her website www.drpatriciabarber.co.uk or Instagram @drpatriciabarber. I thought I would summarise some of the points I went over in the podcast for ease of reference: What is Narc ..read more
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Awake & Asleep in HDU 
The Girl Who Ran Away In Her Sleep
by mainadmin
3y ago
    I actually wrote this blog last week but I’m only getting around to posting it now so you will note that I am commenting on the snow and new restrictions! It has taken me a long time to get to this part of the blog and recently the news footage of a Covid HDU/ICU in a London hospital was actually taken in the exactly same place that I was. It brought back a lot of memories, some that I had blocked out but I thought it would be the perfect time to write this section of the story. * I hope everyone is keeping well after another week of new measures and restrictions.  My highli ..read more
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Waiting for Surgery & Ward Neighbours
The Girl Who Ran Away In Her Sleep
by mainadmin
3y ago
Happy New Year everyone!   It’s been a wee while now since I posted a blog and I’m determined that I’m going to post more this year but between being tired due to Narcolepsy, COVID still being here and Trump trying to cause World (or civil) War 3 I have been feeling extra drained.  My story was published in The Metro on Christmas Day which was definitely a highlight of 2020.  What it’s like living with narcolepsy | Metro News  Things were starting to get on top of me so I decided to take a week off work and have been purposely doing very little. As someone whose brain ..read more
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