Tag: Disability

• Why I’m Speaking Loudly About My Reality

  

  800 days. That’s how long my life has been paused inside hospital walls. What started as survival has turned into exhaustion, trauma, and a body that can’t stay silent anymore. This is the reality of institutionalisation, seizures, and FND — and what happens when your “normal” was never normal to begin with. I’m speaking loudly…

  Jordan Elliot Beaven

  18th February 2026

  General, Mental Health, Trauma Healing

  ADHD, anxiety, AuDHD, Autism, Autism Burnout, Autistic Adult, Autistic Meltdown, Blogging, Chronic illness, Complex-PTSD, depersonalisation, derealisation, Different Universe, difficult emotions, Disability, Disability Awareness, Disabled, Disabled Life, disconnection, dissociating, Education, grief and growth, Hospital Life, isolating, Life After Trauma, Life Changing, Lifestyle, Long-Term Hospital Stay, Long-term Illness, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, mental health blog UK, Mental Health Recovery, Mental Health Struggles, mental isolation, mental-illness, Neurodivergent, Neurodivergent Life, Neurodivergent Life Blog, NHS, PTSD, Recovery, Rehabilitation, scared, Sensory Overload, Suicide Attempt Survivor, Trauma Healing, Trauma Recovery, Traumatic Events, Wheelchair User

• Life Lately: Living in Hospital and Learning What Home Really Means

  

  Life lately has been slow, heavy, and strangely quiet. Living in hospital for over two years has changed how I understand home, time, and myself. This is a gentle, honest snapshot of where I am — the routines, the grief, the comfort objects, and the small, very real moments of hope that are keeping me…

  Jordan Elliot Beaven

  23rd January 2026

  Life Update, Mental Health

  Autism, Disability, Hospital Life, Life Lately, Long-Term Hospital Stay, Mental Health, Personal Blog, Trauma Recovery

• Hospital Chronicles: Day 726 — Two Years in Hospital, Recovery, Disability & Hope

  

  Day 726 in hospital. Uncertain scans, slow progress, fragile mental health, and another Christmas spent behind hospital walls — reflecting on loss, survival, and the quiet hope found in small steps forward.

  Jordan Elliot Beaven

  13th December 2025

  Disability & Chronic illness, General, Mental Health

  Achievement, Blogger, Chronic illness, Disability, Disability Awareness, Disabled Life, Hospital Life, Life After Trauma, Long-term Illness, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Struggles, Personal Growth, Physiotherapy, Suicide Attempt Survivor, Trauma Healing, Two-Year Anniversary, Wheelchair User

• Tea Leaves & Reads: A Community’s Gift of Kindness

  

  Receiving a bookish random act of kindness was the best part of a bad week! Read this Post to know more about who sent it and what it contains!

  Jordan Elliot Beaven

  23rd September 2024

  Bookish Vibes, General, Random Act Of Kindness

  Accessibility, Appreciation, Blogging, Book Club, book review, book-reviews, Books, Bookshop, bookshops, Disability, Escapism, Featured, Goal Setting, Independent Bookshop, Lifestyle, Local Small Business, Mental Health Awareness, Personal, Random Act Of Kindness, RAOK, Reading, Thank You, Writing