A Government that doesn't care

Date 18 April 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
The pandemic hasn’t and isn’t easy for anyone, least of all for those who are high risk and/or who deal with a mental illness, of which I deal with both. My mental struggles I have and continue to struggle, particularly around the decisions that have been made, decisions that have…
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Take Time Out For Mental Health

Date 12 April 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
I should follow my own advice and take time out for mental health, but it’s difficult with autism. Mental health is an important component of our beating heart. Mental Health Without taking time to mentally rest, exhaustion or ...
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Our 'Spiritual Teachings'

Date 10 April 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
I should follow my own advice and take time out for mental health, but it’s difficult with autism. Mental health is an important component of our beating heart. Mental Health Without taking time to mentally rest, exhaustion or ...
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We are our own worst enemy

Date 6 April 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Our lives are based on our own personal choices, our attitude and behaviour are based on our upbringing, but as the adult we can choose to change those things. My own worst enemy As a child, I couldn’t see my own behaviour ...
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How Vulnerable Groups are left behind in Covid

Date 5 April 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
I work with difference. Covid impacts differently, and there are disparities in the pandemic, which have now become more noticeable now that all precautionary measures are lifted in the UK. My Mental Struggles I struggle to comprehend my life now, how we got to this place, how the UK have…
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A life far from normal

Date 1 April 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Living with a disability in the pandemic means my life is far from normal. On the 24th February, the UK government lifted all restrictions, now no one is safe. For those living with a disability and having to find a place just to fit in, to be able to live…
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The Flawed Ego

Date 28 March 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
“Nobody sees anybody truly but all through the flaws of their own egos. That is the way we all see each other in life.”[As quoted in Elia Kazan’s autobiography, A Life (1988)]” Tennessee Williams Part of the human condition is its flaws. The other part of the human condition is…
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Stuck at home in the pandemic

Date 20 March 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
With lifting restrictions in the UK, I have lost my liberties, because I am vulnerable and high risk, which applies to others in my position also. Dealing with autism is making my confinement worse. Masking up, staying safe ...
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Validating my thoughts on Covid

Date 18 March 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
In 12 years of writing, I continue to write the facts, the universal truths… and I have never steered off doing that. Below is a reply from a response on my website from Lisa that validates one of my recent blogs on Covid-19. It’s helpful to get ...
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Mental Health Observations

Date 17 March 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
In Covid-19 I have mentally struggled, but through writing, I am able to turn negative thoughts into positive ones. There is no doubt in the pandemic, I have been taken out of my comfort zone, more than I have in the 46 years I didn’t know about my disability. My…
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Covid-19 hasn't gone away

Date 11 March 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Now that all restrictions have been dropped in the UK, there is no testing and no wearing of masks, there is still a minority of people wearing masks. People close to me have now got Covid, and who had been safe for 2 years. In one of those cases a…
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Feeling stuck

Date 8 March 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Now that restrictions have been permanently lifted in the UK, I am feeling stuck and try as anyone might, in Covid-19 it’s not difficult to notice how much you’re muddling through, with dark coloured spectacles on. In the early days of the pandemic, with most of us working together, I…
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