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❄️ Warm Home, Lower Bills: Winter Tips That Save ❄️
I recently had an opportunity to complete some training with National Energy Action – the UK’s leading fuel poverty charity which provided some fantastic information on saving costs and keeping warm during the colder months. I’ve also spent some time understanding our very own Energy Support Team and learned there’s so…
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FMS + Chronic Daily Headaches
I hope this is the correct forum! I'm looking for a bit of advice, I know people aren't doctors on here but maybe someone has been through or is going through what I have for the last 30 years. I'm wanting to get a second opinion from a different GP, but I want to make sure I have the correct information first. I have been…
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TINA SHARP
Hello Scope, Hope all is going well. I am just checking in as its now 4 years since Tina, my sister passed away. I can officially tell you, time is not a great healer! I miss her more than ever. I miss the disabled cerebral palsy world! I do regulary visit Birchwood and check in on some of Tina neighbours. It is hard,and I…
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Carpet claim
How can I claim for a carpet for my lounge? As I have laminate and it has become quite hazardous with tripping over edge of rugs.
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Hi, my name is iqbasam123! Am I entitled to an electric blanket?
Hi hope yr all well just need some advice i. On uc am i entiledto electroc blanket my enery company not doing
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Have you lived before?
I have wondered if I have lived before.I went to a very old building a few months ago built in the 1800s and a felt like I had been there before.I felt absolutely compelled to touch the walls and take in deep breaths of the air.I imagined what it would have been like in the 1800s and some things felt very familiar.Has…
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Special Songs with meaning
Wanted to share with you all This song has been instrumental in me rebuilding my world after my Subarachnoid Hemorrhage https://youtu.be/cklE1VjG8hE
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What Could Heaven be like?
What I hope Heaven would be like is…firstly I'd love to be greated by dad who is smiling and so happy and pain free.My beloved animals will be with him.The air will be so fresh,We will be able to fly and have our own wings.Be able to swim under water where the water temperature is perfect.There is no currency there.No…
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Autism support
Hi, I am an 28 year old woman with Autism Learning difficulties, anxiety, depression, hyper mobility and sleep deprivation. I’m looking for some support with my autism does anyone know where I can get support please? The local authority keeps denying my request for a social worker Thank you
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Birthday tidings
Hi everyone, normally I say nothing but I'm so down the past long while I need cheered up, its my Birthday today 59, show me pics of dogs. I'd love that. Please and thank you. 🐾🐾🐶🐕🐩 Here's a pic of My Boy to start. Xx
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Moving cost for disabled
hi my names Lisa nice to meet u all Iam having to move due to ill health anyone know if I can get help to pay for it plz iam on pip x
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I did something bad today New beginnings
so I put my house up for sale today, this morning it went live. Sold it for full asking price this afternoon just like that. Guess it was too cheap. It was time to leave here. Choice was either Thailand, uk or back to ZA. Decided to stay in sunny devon but by the sea. Put in an offer on a place and accepted straight away.…
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Feeling guilty about getting up late?
Does anyone else get up late in the day? I am Autistic and suffer with OCD and I keep feeling guilty about waking up late and eventually get out of bed early afternoon. I have tried really hard to get into a routine but I have recently gone through a break up and I feel some days as though I don’t want to leave my bed no…
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Destined for the lives we have?
Are we destined for this current life?.Can we alter its path I wonder?.Do our health issues have a role in what happens in the rest of our lives? And will this pan out negatively or otherwise?.As I sit here and contemplate lots of questions with so many factors of stress in my life right now.I actually wonder how it's…
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Overwhelmed
Sorry, this probably isn’t the right place to vent. But I’m on my own and I’m overwhelmed and I just… I just don’t know what to do. I have Nocturnal Epilepsy, Dissociative Seizures when I’m stressed during the day and Fibromyalgia which has impacted my mobility. Its got worse since August and I’m now skipping eating some…
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Sleep
Any ideas how I might improve my sleep without medication as I seldom get more than four hours a night.
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How do you start the day with your disability?
Do you have a special way that you start your day to take into account your disability? For decades, I've just plowed through, trying to just force myself through morning to night, and of course this has just made me get worse. With a PTSD background, my solution to body pains was easy: Just disconnect, as in dissociation.…
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Hi, my name is Beyo! Want to help others
I want to help with rehabilitation
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Imparting My Innermost Thoughts
I attend Andy's Man Club-which is a charity for men's mental health, and last night I read out a very profound and insightful piece on one of the members who was in the room with me. Here is this post for those who would like to read it: To be honest I'm a bit nervous about this. I wasn't thinking about doing this,…
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hello everyone what is everyone have for tea
I had me a chicken salad
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Power chair for tall person
Hi everyone, I am really struggling to know what to do. My Son is a wheelchair user, he is 13, 6ft 3" and still growing! I am finding it very hard to push him because of my own health challenges and it is preventing us from ever getting outside. I've been searching the web for a powerchair that has the seat depth he needs…
