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  (Freepik/kvladimirv) As some of may feel this time of year as the Holidays approach, the passing of time may bring excitement at watching our favourite festive holiday movies to get us in the mood or a warm fuzzy feeling as we think of holidays past when we think of the important people we care about. Sometimes it’s sadness too, that we feel, as we realise that a new approaching year, that time is passing too quickly for some of us when we think of it. According to Verywell mind , the definition of this feeling is “-a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. Nostalgia is usually triggered by something reminding an individual of an experience from the past. It is often characterized as a longing or desire to return to a former time or place.” That is the feeling of Nostalgia. Apparently, there are different types, such as positives - the feeling a Christmas movie might give you, or seeing a family holiday photo from when you we...

  Spoonie Culture and the Backlash of Misunderstanding from Other Generations Picture credit: Carenity.com Chronic Illness is difficult to explain without sounding like a medical dictionary at the best of times.  Especially when it comes to simply not knowing how to describe energy levels or the lack of focus, especially if you don’t have a diagnosis. Many like me have started to adopt the Spoon Theory to explain how much focus, energy, emotional strength and motivation we have. It was originally thought up by another who has a chronic disease, Christine Miserandino, who lives with Lupus - a disability where the defensive antibodies attack the body’s useful cells, thinking them a threat to the immune system.  This limits what they can accomplish on bad days compared to good ones, but it varies from person to person.  Struggling to explain this to her friend, Miserandino eventually gazed around the café they were at and started to explain using spoons from the avail...