Flareflourish

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.

421 Followers 1,247 Following 84 Posts Joined Aug 2025
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How I Learned to Bloom in the Dark Something In The Orange There’s something in the orange sky that tells ...

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If Fibromyalgia Was a Movie Version of My Life If fibromyalgia were a movie, it wouldn’t politely introduce itself. It...

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How I Learned to Bloom in the Dark Something In The Orange There’s something in the orange sky that tells ...

flareflourish.blogspot.com/2026/02/how-... 🦋💜 #Fibromyalgia #InvisibleIllness #MentalHealthAwareness #YouAreNotAlone #LivingWithPain #AutoimmuneLife

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Falling Didn’t End Me It Rewrote Me There was a time when that sentence felt impossible. Years ago, while I was studying teaching, my neurologist told me someth...

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#Fibromyalgia #ChronicIllnessWarrior #SmallWinsMatter #PsychologyStudent #FromSurvivalToPurpose #CycleBreaker #BeyondBlessed #ForeverThankful 🦋💜

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Falling Didn’t End Me It Rewrote Me There was a time when that sentence felt impossible. Years ago, while I was studying teaching, my neurologist told me someth...

flareflourish.blogspot.com/2026/02/fall...

#Fibromyalgia #ChronicIllnessWarrior #SmallWinsMatter #PsychologyStudent #FromSurvivalToPurpose #CycleBreaker #BeyondBlessed #ForeverThankful 🦋💜

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A Storm In a Teacup My Nervous System Is Holding the Spoon Some days my life feels like a storm in a teacup. Tiny cup. Big feelings. Absolutely unnecessary a...

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#AnxietyAwareness #Fibromyalgia #MentalHealthMatters #StormInaTeacup #BusyButBurntOut #InvisibleStruggles 🦋💜

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A Storm In a Teacup My Nervous System Is Holding the Spoon Some days my life feels like a storm in a teacup. Tiny cup. Big feelings. Absolutely unnecessary a...

flareflourish.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-st...

#AnxietyAwareness #Fibromyalgia #MentalHealthMatters #StormInaTeacup #BusyButBurntOut #InvisibleStruggles 🦋💜

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Living with Fibromyalgia and Mental Health: A Daily Struggle Living with fibromyalgia and mental health challenges feels like an ongoing battle. It’s as though I’ve lost the person I used to be, lookin...

What once felt like a storm now sounds like rain, and I’ve learned how to breathe through it.🦋💜

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#ListenToYourBody #ProgressNotPerfection #MindBodyConnection

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Friday, Fibro, and a Little Bit of Magic Friday arrives like a soft knock instead of a loud alarm. No rushing. No demanding. Just a gentle hey… you made it. Fibromyalgia doesn’t car...

flareflourish.blogspot.com/2026/01/frid... 🦋💜 #Fibromyalgia #FridayFibro #ChronicIllness #RestIsProductive #SlowMagic

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Mental health and physical health are deeply connected. Tracking mood alongside physical symptoms can help paint a fuller picture of your overall wellbeing.

#MentalHealth #ChronicWarrior #SelfCare #MoodTracking #WellnessJourney

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Friday, Fibro, and a Little Bit of Magic Friday arrives like a soft knock instead of a loud alarm. No rushing. No demanding. Just a gentle hey… you made it. Fibromyalgia doesn’t car...

flareflourish.blogspot.com/2026/01/frid... 🦋💜 #Fibromyalgia #FridayFibro #ChronicIllness #RestIsProductive #SlowMagic

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I Only Want Daylight Depression Had Other Plans Let’s clear something up: I don’t enjoy being sad. I don’t thrive in darkness. I want daylight. I want peace. I...

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🦋💜 #MentalHealthAwareness #Fibromyalgia #Daylight #TaylorSwift #LivingInTheGray #StepIntoTheDaylight #InvisibleStringsMoment #YouAreNotAlone

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I Only Want Daylight Depression Had Other Plans Let’s clear something up: I don’t enjoy being sad. I don’t thrive in darkness. I want daylight. I want peace. I...

flareflourish.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-on...
🦋💜 #MentalHealthAwareness #Fibromyalgia #Daylight #TaylorSwift #LivingInTheGray #StepIntoTheDaylight #InvisibleStringsMoment #YouAreNotAlone

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When My Body Shrinks but My Pain Grows Am Not Losing Weight, I Am Losing Pieces of Myself Fibromyalgia and losing weight is not a glow up. It is not discipline. It is not a sec...

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#Fibromyalgia #InvisibleIllness #ChronicPain #SpoonieLife #RawHealing #NotAllWeightLossIsHealthy #ListeningToMyBody #ChronicIllnessReality

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When My Body Shrinks but My Pain Grows Am Not Losing Weight, I Am Losing Pieces of Myself Fibromyalgia and losing weight is not a glow up. It is not discipline. It is not a sec...

flareflourish.blogspot.com/2026/01/when... 🦋💜

#Fibromyalgia #InvisibleIllness #ChronicPain #SpoonieLife #RawHealing #NotAllWeightLossIsHealthy #ListeningToMyBody #ChronicIllnessReality

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I Move Slower So I Can Stay How I Pace My Life Without Losing Joy My body has a smaller battery than the world expects. Some days it drains before morning coffee. Som...

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#Fibromyalgia #FibroLife #FibroAwareness #PacingNotPushing #EnergyManagement #GentleLiving #SoftStrength #SlowLiving #RestIsProductive #SmallWins #FlourishingWithIllness

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I Move Slower So I Can Stay How I Pace My Life Without Losing Joy My body has a smaller battery than the world expects. Some days it drains before morning coffee. Som...

flareflourish.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-mo... 💜🦋

#Fibromyalgia #FibroLife #FibroAwareness #PacingNotPushing #EnergyManagement #GentleLiving #SoftStrength #SlowLiving #RestIsProductive #SmallWins #FlourishingWithIllness

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Only Me Trying I wasn’t gold, wasn’t glitter, wasn’t shine Just a name they used when the stars aligned But I got sick, and silence hit the line They ghos...

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#ChronicIllnessVoice #LeftOnRead #PoetryWithPain #YouVanished #UnFilteredTruth #RiseFromAshes #GrowthThroughLoss

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Only Me Trying I wasn’t gold, wasn’t glitter, wasn’t shine Just a name they used when the stars aligned But I got sick, and silence hit the line They ghos...

flareflourish.blogspot.com/2026/01/only...
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#ChronicIllnessVoice #LeftOnRead #PoetryWithPain #YouVanished #UnFilteredTruth #RiseFromAshes #GrowthThroughLoss

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2 months ago
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Fibromyalgia and Its Weird Little Games A Body That Collapses,A Spirit That Refuse To Well… let the games begin. Do you ever feel like a Lego tower? Perfectly built. Carefully st...

flareflourish.blogspot.com/2026/01/fibr... 💜🦋

#Fibromyalgia #LivingWithChronicIllness #MentalHealthMatters #FibroLife #PainWithPurpose #StillShowingUp #MyStory

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2 months ago
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Fibromyalgia and Its Weird Little Games A Body That Collapses,A Spirit That Refuse To Well… let the games begin. Do you ever feel like a Lego tower? Perfectly built. Carefully st...

flareflourish.blogspot.com/2026/01/fibr... 💜🦋

#Fibromyalgia #LivingWithChronicIllness #MentalHealthMatters #FibroLife #PainWithPurpose #StillShowingUp #MyStory

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Fibromyalgia: How It Affects Muscles, Nerves, and Bones Why Bones and Joints Can Hurt Fibromyalgia affects the whole body, not just one part. It is often called a pain condition, but fibromyalgia ...

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#Fibromyalgia #FibroAwareness #InvisibleIllness #CentralSensitisation #BodyMindConnection #PainEducation #GentleHealing 💜🦋

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Fibromyalgia: How It Affects Muscles, Nerves, and Bones Why Bones and Joints Can Hurt Fibromyalgia affects the whole body, not just one part. It is often called a pain condition, but fibromyalgia ...

flareflourish.blogspot.com/2026/01/fibr...

#Fibromyalgia #FibroAwareness #InvisibleIllness #CentralSensitisation #BodyMindConnection #PainEducation #GentleHealing 💜🦋

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When Your Nervous System Never Switches Off My Nervous System With Fibromyalgia Living with fibromyalgia means my nervous system is always “on.” There is no off switch. No quiet mode...

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#Fibromyalgia #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #Fatigue #NetvousSystem #InvisibleIllness #SpoonieLife #BodyMindConnection #GentleLiving #YouAreNotAlone

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When Your Nervous System Never Switches Off My Nervous System With Fibromyalgia Living with fibromyalgia means my nervous system is always “on.” There is no off switch. No quiet mode...

flareflourish.blogspot.com/2026/01/when... 💜🦋
#Fibromyalgia #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #Fatigue #NetvousSystem #InvisibleIllness #SpoonieLife #BodyMindConnection #GentleLiving #YouAreNotAlone

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Living with Fibromyalgia and Mental Health: A Daily Struggle Living with fibromyalgia and mental health challenges feels like an ongoing battle. It’s as though I’ve lost the person I used to be, lookin...

Let yourself be both the spark and the steady flame—bright enough to begin, brave enough to last.🦋💜

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Change, and the Way It Finds Me Anyway Change is supposed to be beautiful That’s what people say. A doorway. A glow-up. A fresh start. But when I listen to Taylor Swift’s “Change,...

flareflourish.blogspot.com/2026/01/chan... 💜🦋
#MentalHealthAwareness #SelfDiscovery #ChronicIllness #ThoughtsOnChange #InnerWorld #Change #TaylorSwiftInspired

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Change, and the Way It Finds Me Anyway Change is supposed to be beautiful That’s what people say. A doorway. A glow-up. A fresh start. But when I listen to Taylor Swift’s “Change,...

flareflourish.blogspot.com/2026/01/chan... 💜🦋
#MentalHealthAwareness #SelfDiscovery #ChronicIllness #ThoughtsOnChange #InnerWorld #Change #TaylorSwiftInspired

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New Year's Day, Hold On To The Memories. Where the Year Begins Again At midnight, time exhales its breath, A silver pause between the beats. The old year loosens what it kept, Lays ...

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#FlareAndFlourish #NewYearsDay #NewBeginnings #Fibromyalgia #IntentionalLiving #WordsThatBloom

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2 months ago
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New Year's Day, Hold On To The Memories. Where the Year Begins Again At midnight, time exhales its breath, A silver pause between the beats. The old year loosens what it kept, Lays ...

flareflourish.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-... 💜🦋

#FlareAndFlourish #NewYearsDay #NewBeginnings #Fibromyalgia #IntentionalLiving #WordsThatBloom

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