Triggers....
Life has been very hectic this last few weeks, as I have moved house. They say it's one of the most stressful things anyone can do and I totally agree! Moving with a chronic illness only increases that stress. It feels so frustrating when the head knows what needs doing, but the body will not play ball! To cheer myself up, I bought myself a treat - a new bedspread and matching curtains - love them, but my bed has a rail on the end and I had to tuck in the end of the bedspread. Makes a tidy bed - and pretty - but doesn't move out of place and gives me restricted movement. It has made me think of my brother, who has had many health problems throughout his life, due to meningitis and hydrocephalus, and has been given many different drugs. One of the drugs reduced him to an almost cabbage like state; another left him frustrated and angry; another left him unable to think or to deal with life. During these 'spells', he was either in hospital, in an institution; in a locked...