Lorna McFindlow
Toxic positivity can do one
TW - Suicidal ideation I know it’s well-meaning but if your response to a sick person talking about their life is to tell them to “be...
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Cream Crackered Blog is run by Lorna McFindlow, a freelance disabled writer who writes about chronic illness and disability rights.
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Lorna McFindlow
- Jan 20, 2023
- 4 min
Life can still be good, I promise
Trigger warning: this post touches on suicidal ideation I’ve had quite a few new people join me here over the last week and from chatting...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Aug 27, 2022
- 2 min
“What’s the point of masks?”
“What is the point of masks?” Hearing that question from someone you love and who claims to love you is so incredibly painful. Me. My...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Aug 26, 2022
- 2 min
A Loving Reminder for My Sick & Disabled Pals
Everyone has access needs, whether they want to call them that or not, it’s just that ours tend to be seen as being more awkward or...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Aug 25, 2022
- 2 min
Pandemic Reflections: Ableism, Eugenics and Disabled Anger
It’s raining outside and we’re still in bed with the curtains drawn, pretending the world doesn’t exist outside of our safe little...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Jul 13, 2021
- 4 min
A Reintroduction to Me and My M.E
Hello pals. Since there are some new faces here, I wanted to do a little reintroduction to me, but mostly to my M.E. So here’s a few...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Feb 12, 2021
- 5 min
Advocacy, Happiness and Guilt
When you have a chronic illness that is widely misunderstood and steeped in decades of stigma and disbelief from doctors and the wider...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Jan 14, 2021
- 11 min
Veganism, Ableism and A Lack of Understanding
! Trigger warning: discussion of diet and disordered eating ! Hi, I’m Lorna and I’m a disabled vegan. I promise this is relevant. I...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Oct 15, 2020
- 4 min
“You’re So Lucky”
If you’re sick and/or disabled and have a non-disabled partner, how many times have you been told how lucky you are? I’ve heard it more...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Oct 9, 2020
- 5 min
Chronic Illness, Parenthood and Grief.
⚠️CW: Pregnancy and baby loss, fertility grief, miscarriage. Absolutely no unsolicited advice in the comments please ⚠️ A lot of you may...
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Lorna McFindlow
- May 11, 2020
- 3 min
Invisible
If you were looking carefully, my illness wouldn’t be quite so invisible at all. If you were paying attention, you would see the effort...
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Lorna McFindlow
- May 1, 2020
- 7 min
When it all sort of fell apart
If I asked you to look through these photos of me from the last 6 years and pinpoint the precise moment I became ill, would you be able to?
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Lorna McFindlow
- Apr 15, 2020
- 4 min
"It only kills the elderly and those with underlying health conditions."
I can understand the need to comfort yourself at a time like this, but must it be at the expense of the elderly, sick and disabled?
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Lorna McFindlow
- Mar 27, 2020
- 5 min
A Letter to My Non-Disabled Friends
It’s a very strange time right now. The world has suddenly turned upside down. We are all fearful of what’s to come, anxious about our...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Mar 16, 2020
- 10 min
Quarantine: A Housebound Person's Guide
The threat of the coronavirus, which once seemed so far away is now up close and very personal. It has reached the cold and choppy shores...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Feb 24, 2020
- 6 min
M.E Myths Debunked: Part 1
M.E Myths Debunked: Part 1 Two years ago, when I was diagnosed with M.E, I knew a little about it because a friend of mine had it, but...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Jan 16, 2020
- 7 min
The Perrin Diaries: Part 2
[Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with The Perrin Technique or Dr Perrin in any way. This is an entirely independent review of a service I...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Dec 17, 2019
- 6 min
4 Easy Ways to Support Your Chronically Ill Friend This Christmas
Christmas is well and truly upon us. It seems to have snuck up from nowhere like the little festive pest that it is. Don’t get me wrong,...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Dec 17, 2019
- 5 min
3 Valuable Lessons We Can Learn From Our Cats
Despite some of his more questionable theories, Sigmund Freud was right about one thing: “time spent with cats is never wasted.” For...
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Lorna McFindlow
- Dec 17, 2019
- 6 min
Becoming a Wheelchair User: 3 Things I’ve Learned
I became a wheelchair user two years ago, and in that time I’ve really had to work through a lot of anxiety and internalised ableism to...
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