Mentally Stagnating in Covid-19

Date 20 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
Mental health in Covid-19 seems to be at the bottom of the pile and needs to come to the top. Mental health has been made more apparent in Covid-19 and for many of us, it’s now on the back-burner. Mental Health issues It is ...
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Normalising my Every Day

Date 5 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
I have spent my life living with a disability I didn’t know I had, trying to normalise things and most days failing. As a child growing up with a mental, emotional and physical disability, I struggled to cope in my every day. My mental ...
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Protagonist of my own 'story'

Date 30 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
I’ve had to be the protagonist of my own life, of my own ‘story’ around a physical, mental and emotional disability I didn’t know about, because no one did it for me. I am not ashamed to say, I have struggled ever since I was a little girl. Seeking out…
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Writing and Living My Truth

Date 27 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
Ever since I was a little girl, the truth was an important aspect of who I was. Not knowing about my physical, mental and emotional disability didn’t rest easy, although there was nothing I could do about it. Easy ...
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Life should reflect truth

Date 22 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
Growing up, not understanding what I could physically see or what that meant, meant life would become a struggle. Easy would be a fabrication of what was my truth, but it was a life that should have reflected truth, honesty and understanding around what I was dealing with. Through years…
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Anger Issues

Date 21 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
How we react and continue to interpret and react to certain situations can bring about anger and anger that turn into issues. We may all have our personal triggers for what makes us angry. Anger issues My anger issues, which lasted a good part of my early life, were triggered…
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Covid-19 Vaccine Concerns

Date 18 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
Covid-19 has brought about many mental difficulties. My sensory issues have never been more evident than having to work through Covid-19. In Covid-19, my emotional impairments and autism have both been difficult to ...
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Why I help others

Date 15 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
I help others because I know what it’s like to feel isolated and alone. As a child being mentally and emotionally cut off and alone was incredibly difficult. When it comes to our lives, it is always difficult to let go of things you know aren’t going to work. I…
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Dealing with Mental Health Issues

Date 11 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
I was aware of my own issues as a child, but back in the day, I didn’t know it had anything to do with mental health. But issues shouldn’t be ignored because they can find you. The way you feel, your mood, your energy, how you function, how your thoughts…
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My Comeback Journey

Date 5 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
No matter what I was up against it was only me that could take my 'comeback journey.' I chose to take this journey, to find and to have a voice, to validate myself. The CP Diary became my journey. I was chosen to cope with a disability ...
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Giving Back

Date 3 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
Living with trauma, not knowing about my disability; or being able to piece my life together, would have cost me my mental health. Through my blog, being able to piece my life and experiences together, I am giving back and that feels good. Dealing with trauma Piecing my life together…
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The Covid-19 'Wonder Vaccine'

Date 30 July 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
I write about the things that matter to me and ‘the world’ the things that don’t make sense, and the things that can leave me panicked. Covid-19 has left me panicked, particularly in the early days. I have a disability and I am ...
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