One of the things I hate most about being fat is the assumptions made about me. Chief among them is that because I’m fat I must also be unhealthy, stupid and lazy. I’d like to hope that my blog is sufficiently well written to prove that I’m not stupid. I…

How Do You Respond When Someone Says They’re Ready To Die? — What do you say when someone tells you they are ready to die? Today I got some sad news, my uncle was summoned to the hospital because my grandmother is very ill. This is very sad of course, but not as sad as it could be for two reasons. The…

Another Human Rights Attack — America’s quest to return human rights to the 1800s took another step forward lately when the state of Tennessee banned drag performances. Less than a year after the Supreme Court decimated women’s rights by overturning Roe vs Wade, Tennessee decided to up the ante. What Does The Bill Say? Let’s be clear, while the bill…

How To Stop Feeling Like Freshly-Brewed Crap — This post will be about natural remedies to treat perimenopause. I’m aware this is slightly off my usual list of topics here at CMooMuses. However, perimenopause can have mental health effects as well as physical ones, and in the light of the sad and shocking case of Nicola Bulley I…

We Can Beat It Together! — Welcome to the second half of my post about beating dysthymia. If you haven’t read part one covering ways 1–5, please feel free to do that here. All done? Great, let’s begin! Of course there are not just 10 ways to beat dysthymia; there are probably hundreds and different things…

Keep Chipping Away, It Helps! — I’ve talked in the past about what dysthymia is and how it feels to have it. To briefly recap, it’s constant low-level depression that removes most of the joy from your life. It occurred to me that I’ve talked about what it is, what depression is, and how to fight…

Choose Love Not Hate — Another unusual post is coming your way, but I feel that considering the level of hatred in the world, love is an important message. The message to choose love not hate is crucial. …

Surely self care shouldn’t be so hard? — Rather than a self-help article, today’s piece takes a form of a question. Why is it so difficult to do things that are good for you? No, I’m not talking about losing weight or exercising, although they are interesting examples. Instead, I’m talking about basic self care; relatively simple things…

Make this your new year’s resolution — Welcome to loving yourself as a fat person, part 2. if you haven’t read part 1 yet, you can check it out here. Done? Great! As I explained in the first part, these two posts are me doing my bit to combat the insidious and very harmful diet talk that…