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The Librain
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Former professional school librarian, now retired through chronic illness. Trying to keep cheerful by reading, drinking lots of tea, blogging my new life, and my love of bling!
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Delighted to hear you are still walking and being quite stylish while doing so! I love your laps you and…
Dear Lauren, apologies! I have only just seen your lovely and kind comment because it had been filtered out as…
Dear Jacque, thank you for your comment. I really appreciate you taking the time to write one! Love and best…
Dear Annabelle, I am sorry that it has taken me so long to reply but I am very unwell at…
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Tag Archives: mental health
Update 01/10/18
Well, that was a tough weekend! I was very ill indeed on Saturday, both physically and mentally, ending up with horrible panic and anxiety attacks as well as a huge coughing bout. I found myself crying hysterically all over my … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lifestyle
Tagged anxiety, chronic cough, cough, Facebook, mental health, panic attacks, social media, videos
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Outfits of the weekend! 27/08/18
I am sitting in bed today in my pyjamas, having had a huge coughing and choking fit last night. The weekend was also pretty tough. Lovely Husband and I had a mutual Black Cloud, worrying about our present state as … Continue reading
Update 17/07/18
I am finding it very hard to write this week, although I will upload the usual Reading Roundup post tomorrow, if possible. After Friday’s horrible coughing attack, I had several slightly less awful ones over the weekend and yesterday. Also … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lifestyle
Tagged chronic cough, depression, illness, mental health
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Blog updates 12/05/17
Before I retired in 2014, I was a school librarian for many years, with seven years “off” bringing up our two lads. My old Librain blog was all about the wonderful profession of school librarianship, but ill-health, both physical and … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Libraries, Politics
Tagged blogs, illness, information management, librarians, librarianship, mental health, organisation, school libraries
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Update 23/03/17
Suffering from extreme anxiety today after what happened yesterday. For some time, I have been very worried about everything: my family, illness, death, madness in the world, Brexit, Trump, May, everything. I can’t stop shaking so I can’t post properly. … Continue reading
New Year, new direction
So, it has been years since I last posted on my The Librain blog. My Mother died in November 2012 and thus began a period in my life which saw a massive slide into illness and depression, culminating in retirement … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friends, Health, Libraries, Lifestyle, Reading
Tagged bereavement, bling, books, depression, food, grief, mental health, NHS, retirement, social media, tea
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Dear Lauren, thank you again for commenting! I enjoyed my walks last week, but we are struggling with a heatwave…