Flareflourish
@flareflourish.bsky.social
Oh hi! It's me, a 30 year old navigating life with fibromyalgia, an autoimmune disease, depression and PTSD. I started Flare & Flourish not to be seen, but to be heard by those who need it most. If I can help just one person feel less lost.
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Lost In The Labyrinth Of My Mind
Wow Okay Healing Is… A Lot Honestly? Healing feels like stepping outside and immediately getting blinded by the sun. I’m like “can I get a...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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How Does Your Good News Looks Like
Good News If you asked me a month ago what “good news” meant, I would’ve sai...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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How Does Your Good News Looks Like
Good News If you asked me a month ago what “good news” meant, I would’ve sai...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Nothing New
A Love Letter to the Person I Used to Be. There’s something about Taylor Swift’s “Nothing New” tha...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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🦋💜 #Fibromyalgia #Fibro #WishList #TaylorSwift #Taylornation #Dandelion #Chronicpain #ChronicIllness #sleeplessnights #spoonie
🦋💜 #Fibromyalgia #Fibro #WishList #TaylorSwift #Taylornation #Dandelion #Chronicpain #ChronicIllness #sleeplessnights #spoonie
A Fibro Warrior's Wish List
A Fibromyalgia Warrior’s Wish List Before fibromyalgia, my wish list was full of adventure. I loved challenges and adrenaline — bungee jum...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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#MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness #Fibromyalgia #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #MindOverMatter
#MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness #Fibromyalgia #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #MindOverMatter
Some People Teach You What Not to Become
Not every role model inspires you through success — some do it through warning. You see their bitterness, their excuses, their fear of try...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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#Fibromyalgia #ChronicIllness #MentalHealthMatters #AlwaysBeKind #AskForHelp #SayWhatsOnYourHeart
#Fibromyalgia #ChronicIllness #MentalHealthMatters #AlwaysBeKind #AskForHelp #SayWhatsOnYourHeart
Everything Would Be Easier If We Dared to Say What We Feel
Be Kind There’s a heaviness that comes from silence. Not the peac...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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A Fibro Warrior's Honest Feedback
7 Months on LDN Hello dear readers and fellow warriors Today I want to share my ho...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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How I Became Mentally Strong
Thanks to My Psychologist (and How It Helped Me Live With Fibromyalgia) There was a time when I felt like a blank space. Not broken, exact...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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How I Became Mentally Strong
Thanks to My Psychologist (and How It Helped Me Live With Fibromyalgia) There was a time when I felt like a blank space. Not broken, exact...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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💜🦋 #MentalHealth #Fibromyalgia #SelfCare #Healing #Anxiety #InvinsibleIllness #Hope
💜🦋 #MentalHealth #Fibromyalgia #SelfCare #Healing #Anxiety #InvinsibleIllness #Hope
We All Pack Differently
We All Have a Backpack Here’s something I’ve realised about life: We all carry a backpack. Not a literal one (though, mine probably has sn...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Functioning, Freaking Out, and Fibromyalgia
A Comedy (Sort Of) From the outside, I look like I’m thriving. Peopl...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Functioning, Freaking Out, and Fibromyalgia
A Comedy (Sort Of) From the outside, I look like I’m thriving. Peopl...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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#YouAreStrongerThanYouThink #PrayersArePowerful #ImTryingMyBest #MentalHealthMatters #MyHusbandIsMySafePlace
#EpilepsyAwereness #ChronicPain #PhysicallyAndMentallyDrained #JustKeepSwimming
#YouAreStrongerThanYouThink #PrayersArePowerful #ImTryingMyBest #MentalHealthMatters #MyHusbandIsMySafePlace
#EpilepsyAwereness #ChronicPain #PhysicallyAndMentallyDrained #JustKeepSwimming
The Day When My World Stopped Spinning
Moments that shift the ground under my feet so suddenly. There are moments in life that divide everything into “before” and “after.” you won...
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November 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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#ChronicIllness #Fibromyalgia #Fibro #MentalHealthMatters #LoveOfMyLife #Opalite #TaylorSwift #Taylornation #MayYouFindYourOwnOpalite #GratefulLife
#ChronicIllness #Fibromyalgia #Fibro #MentalHealthMatters #LoveOfMyLife #Opalite #TaylorSwift #Taylornation #MayYouFindYourOwnOpalite #GratefulLife
My Opalite Heart
How My Husband Shines Like a Taylor Swift Song! There’s a song by Taylor Swift called Opalite—a sparkling tribute to delicate strength and...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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What Sourdough Bread and Fibromyalgia Taught me.
Blueberry Loaves & Lemon: Some things rise slowly. Some things hurt before they heal. Some things are both soft and strong— like sourdough...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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My Chronic Illness Has Shiny Bugs And Hidden Easter Eggs
(And I Might Be One of Them) Living with a chronic illness is a lot like playing a video game… except it’s one you didn’t sign up for, the...
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October 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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The Ghost That Lives In My Nerves
Even When I’m Falling Apart I hold myself like a trembling child in a house that never quiets. Pain knocks — sometimes soft, sometimes screa...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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#InvisibleIllness #MindOverMatter #Fibromyalgia #fibro #ToxicFamilyMembers #JustTryToUnderstand #JustBeYourself #MentallyExhausted #PhysicallyDoingMyBest
#InvisibleIllness #MindOverMatter #Fibromyalgia #fibro #ToxicFamilyMembers #JustTryToUnderstand #JustBeYourself #MentallyExhausted #PhysicallyDoingMyBest
It's Exhausting!
I’m Sick Every Day. You know what’s harder than being sick every day? It’s when the people you love—your own family—don’t even try to unders...
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October 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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It’s okay to rest in the middle of the storm.
Even the ocean pauses between waves.
You are not falling behind—you’re breathing.
#SelfCare #MentalHealthMatters #fibromyalgia #fibro #PhysicallyAndMentally
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It’s okay to rest in the middle of the storm.
Even the ocean pauses between waves.
You are not falling behind—you’re breathing.
#SelfCare #MentalHealthMatters #fibromyalgia #fibro #PhysicallyAndMentally
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Flare & Flourish
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October 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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It’s okay to rest in the middle of the storm.
Even the ocean pauses between waves.
You are not falling behind—you’re breathing.
#SelfCare #MentalHealthMatters #fibromyalgia #fibro #PhysicallyAndMentally
flareflourish.blogspot.com
It’s okay to rest in the middle of the storm.
Even the ocean pauses between waves.
You are not falling behind—you’re breathing.
#SelfCare #MentalHealthMatters #fibromyalgia #fibro #PhysicallyAndMentally
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How It Feels Like To Be The Youngest With an Invisible Illness
They say I live in a dreamland. Because I don’t shout. Because I don’t fight back. Because I choose peace over proving a point. Because I’m ...
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October 22, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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How It Feels Like To Be The Youngest With an Invisible Illness
They say I live in a dreamland. Because I don’t shout. Because I don’t fight back. Because I choose peace over proving a point. Because I’m ...
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October 22, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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#SelenaGomez #Fibromyalgia #Fibro #ChronicIllness #nocure #Selenators
#SelenaGomezBlog #MentalHealthAwereness #SelenaGomezMusic #GlowLikeSelena #EmpoweredBySelena
#SelenaGomez #Fibromyalgia #Fibro #ChronicIllness #nocure #Selenators
#SelenaGomezBlog #MentalHealthAwereness #SelenaGomezMusic #GlowLikeSelena #EmpoweredBySelena
Even When It Hurts Poem
For the Rest of Us Still Healing Living with chronic illness means carrying a lot...
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October 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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#SelenaGomez #Fibromyalgia #Fibro #ChronicIllness #nocure #Selenators
#SelenaGomezBlog #MentalHealthAwereness #SelenaGomezMusic #GlowLikeSelena #EmpoweredBySelena
#SelenaGomez #Fibromyalgia #Fibro #ChronicIllness #nocure #Selenators
#SelenaGomezBlog #MentalHealthAwereness #SelenaGomezMusic #GlowLikeSelena #EmpoweredBySelena
Even When It Hurts Poem
For the Rest of Us Still Healing Living with chronic illness means carrying a lot...
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October 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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#SelenaGomez #fibromyalgia #Swifties #Rare #MentalHealth #Physicallytired #JustBeYou #inspirationdaily #TaylorSwift #Taylornation #Selenamentalhealthpodcast
#SelenaGomez #fibromyalgia #Swifties #Rare #MentalHealth #Physicallytired #JustBeYou #inspirationdaily #TaylorSwift #Taylornation #Selenamentalhealthpodcast
“Rare” — Reclaiming My Worth in a Body That Hurts
My Selena Gomez-Inspired Chronic Illness Blog Series When Selena Gomez released “Rare,” it felt like a quiet anthem — not loud, not angry...
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October 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM