tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6659981920998562195.post8876372037380224123..comments2024-02-19T11:57:08.864+00:00Comments on Super Pooped: Adventures for the Exhausted: Ageing and AppearancesHannah Radenkovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17182949623983124195noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6659981920998562195.post-16114515181179234872021-02-28T21:52:47.625+00:002021-02-28T21:52:47.625+00:00I tried to comment when I got the email notificati...I tried to comment when I got the email notification but I think a technical error meant it didn't post... I'm trying again now because I really want you to know I hear you and I'm experiencing parallel things. <br /><br />I have new frown lines between my eyebrows. The same ones my mum has which is not to my liking, but that's a different story! I keep trying to remember to stop frowning and smile, because I'd much rather have smile lines than frown lines. I'd like to own my wrinkles as a feminist act, but I'm not living the life for having the wrinkles I'd ideally want. <br /><br />I'm 31 and I've spent most of the last 4 years hidden from the world, when I used to REALLY be out there before I got sick. I was known for connecting people together because I had a wide network. I can't keep most of my connections alive - a lot of my most active connections are through online chronic illness communities. (Which I'm hugely grateful for.) I went out having new experiences almost every day. The pandemic makes this harder than it was to begin with, with being mostly housebound. <br /><br />Anyway, if/hopefully when both you and I recover, how about we set up a Making Up For Lost Time club, involving glitter and make up and fun outfits and parties and making mistakes because we aren't going to face repercussions for making them? pinkcoconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17615909809427776676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6659981920998562195.post-67223888935802813012021-02-26T08:58:02.254+00:002021-02-26T08:58:02.254+00:00Wonderful post Hannah JxxWonderful post Hannah JxxJuliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00247007338976763546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6659981920998562195.post-29206268739221109722021-02-25T14:10:34.970+00:002021-02-25T14:10:34.970+00:00Hannah - I completely get you. Even if it weren...Hannah - I completely get you. Even if it weren't for the pandemic, spoonies would get you. I have aged much faster in the last year I reckon - less sleep because of the stress of not being touched and not getting my social needs met. I have new bags under my eyes. I think about dying my hair to erase the greys but that's not something I have the energy for myself. <br /><br />I have felt dimmed for years. People would often comment on how I shined a light - and then commented on how it seemed to go out when I got sick. <br /><br />If/ hopefully when you and I both get better, we could form a club for people that have got better and want to catch up on living. We could have parties where we wear all the make up and glitter, and wear clothes that we would have worn while this time was going by, with no judgement. A making up for lost time club. Making silly decisions because we won't have to pay for them later. How about it? I still need a big 30th birthday bash, one day when I'm better I'm going to get started with that. And I want holidays too. <br /><br />It's been years but we can find a way out of this. I still have a light in me. It's dimmed but it's not gone out. <br /><br />Liorpinkcoconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17615909809427776676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6659981920998562195.post-13734702605203691972021-02-24T19:37:18.453+00:002021-02-24T19:37:18.453+00:00Ooh, I feel you on the ageing thing. I'm only ...Ooh, I feel you on the ageing thing. I'm only 26 though. A bigger source of anxiety for me is my parents ageing: what will happen to me when they're gone? How do you deal with that sort of anxiety? shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709408158157995420noreply@blogger.com