Feeling unwell

Date 30 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
It seems a very long time since I did a more personal blog. On the back of feeling unwell with a cold, I’ve cancelled my arrangements for today. The phlegm from my cold has now gone on to my chest. It doesn’t matter how many supplements I take, I get…
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The CP Diary is 6

Date 16 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Tomorrow it will be 6 years to the day that I started writing and running The CP Diary, never having missed a day in 6 years. Not only is The CP Diary a big accomplishment for me, it is my daily inspirational tool that helps me live my life better…
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Living in ignorance

Date 7 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
It is a while since I’ve written a more personal blog. Unfortunately, the old patterns are still there. When I’m having a bad day, my thoughts go back to my emotional and physical struggles as a child and how I struggled not knowing what was wrong with me. The worst…
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Brain injury & relationships

Date 4 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
I’ve just been watching a documentary made and narrated by Louis Theroux on ‘Brain injuries’ and felt the need to write about it, because having a brain injury not only affects me, but affects other stroke victims too. The hard part for anyone dealing with a brain injury is the…
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Becoming self-absorbed

Date 26 April 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
There are many reasons why we become self-absorbed and it’s usually at a time when we’re stressed and not sure how to deal with things. Only caring about and being interested in ourselves, in our own thoughts and in our own interests. What changes us is how our lives are…
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Growing pains

Date 22 April 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
The things I didn’t like growing up, were the fact that I had one leg shorter than the other, a club foot and very little muscle tone on my left side, which left my left side very weak, part of the Cerebral Palsy scenario that I didn’t know I had. I…
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Understanding our worth

Date 20 April 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
As a child, I used to think that giving up, meant it was because we had no staying power and that we were emotionally weak. As the adult I see things differently and believe the opposite to be true. That when we choose to walk away it has got nothing…
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Finding ourselves

Date 14 April 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
If I had advice to give anyone, it would be to be in a particular state of mind, and know what you want from life, because not only will your whole outlook change, but so too will how you see yourself. I’m not sure how many of us get that…
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Unravelling my symptoms

Date 10 April 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
One size doesn’t fit all when it comes to brain damage and cerebral palsy. Each part of the brain that is damaged is unique to the individual, and that is the main reason why there is limited research on the condition. It is impossible to ascertain the exact symptoms each…
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Not being told

Date 7 April 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Wanting to be told versus being told? As a child, I wanted to know what was wrong with me. For me it was the only way I would come to understand what I was dealing with, both physically and emotionally. It would also have taken away my issue of being…
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Angry decisions

Date 5 April 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
We’re angry, irritable and in a mood and we’ve just managed to seal our fate on the most important decision we’ll ever make. Perhaps we should sort ourselves out before the agitation starts to feed on itself, escalating into solitary emotional hibernation. There are so many cognitive distortions that can…
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In pursuit of happiness

Date 4 April 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Does seeing other people happy, make us question our own happiness? I believe it does if we think about it. As a child, looking at how happy other people seemed, made me realise how unhappy I was. What we think ...
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