Calling upon my experiences

Date 1 August 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
I use my experiences both past and present to change certain aspects of my thinking and life so that I can move forward. My Diary is and continues to a reference tool, in a unique and different way to other blogs out there. Through my blog, my thoughts continue to…
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The Art of Surrender

Date 30 July 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
I deal with the things I have control over. The things I have little, or no control over, I let go of those, but I’ve not always done it that way. As a child, I held on to everything, primarily because I lived with guilt and the guilt ...
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Introversion for Mental Health

Date 26 July 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
I have seen how life can be snatched from us in the blink of an eye. Had it not been for the use of introversion, I would have succumbed to illness years ago. I have seen first-hand what happens when we don’t confront our issues. The emotional and physical cost…
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Co-existing with Anxiety

Date 24 July 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
I find it hard to equate that my anxiety as a child was completely overlooked and could have been dealt with, as I had reached out many times. It is hard to imagine that my life could have been made easier, because my life didn’t go like that. My anxiety…
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A gift from Cerebral Palsy

Date 22 July 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
I remember helping a friend work through some issues when the conversation moved to my blog. I used to think everyone could write, but through our conversation, it became clear that my ability to write, came as a gift with my disability. Without cerebral palsy, I wouldn’t have autism and…
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Please re-subscribe

Date 18 July 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Shortly, due to circumstances beyond my control and therefore not of my own choosing, I am having to change the software that distributes my daily and monthly newsletters. This means I cannot keep the original subscriptions. Once the software is set up, you will see another invitation to subscribe which…
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My missing records

Date 15 July 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
A back to back personal blog, but this was very much on my mind today. All my blogs are based on an experience, around a memory, stretching as far back as a little girl. Being aware of early conversations It will come as no surprise then for me to recall…
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My Hemiplegic Symptoms

Date 14 July 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
As a toddler I was originally incorrectly diagnosed with spastic monoparesis, because I have two limbs affected, not one. Since I started my Diary, it’s often been difficult to uncover the official correct diagnosis, but feel I have managed that now. First discovering at the age of 46 that I…
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My Beautiful Mind

Date 10 July 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
I find it comforting that my weird but beautiful mind is the reason I am able to articulate my thoughts in the way that I do. When Chris Packham, A BBC Natural History Presenter, talked about his traits in his television documentary, commenting that he wouldn’t be as successful as…
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Not a textbook case

Date 6 July 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
When it comes to disability, and a diagnosis, we need help with understanding how the symptoms to the diagnosis will manifest itself in every day life. Disability is not your typical 'book case' Unless you’re a typical text book case, doctors and consultants have no idea how someone with a…
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A little too late?

Date 3 July 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Sometimes there are things that are a little too late for us to make amends. When anything becomes too late, the events that should have taken place move on, as do those we’re in touch with, as ‘my story’ shows. For anyone with potential new findings, a different thought process…
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Feeling irritated

Date 29 June 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Although subconsciously I always wanted to know what was wrong with me, up until mum became terminally ill and ‘she said it was a difficult birth’ I never consciously thought about it. Perhaps I had already resigned myself to the fact that I knew it wasn’t an option, whilst my…
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