Rise and Shine with Brittany

Rise and Shine with Brittany My dream has always been to help people learn, grow, and heal. If thats what you’re looking for then you’re in the right place!

Chronically ill, chronic pain, ND af ♈️ ♑️ ♎️

Celebrating my 1st year on Facebook. Thank you for your continuing support. I could never have made it without you. 🙏🤗🎉I...
03/13/2025

Celebrating my 1st year on Facebook. Thank you for your continuing support. I could never have made it without you. 🙏🤗🎉

I love you guys! Here’s to a new and better year!

Helllooo. It’s been awhile. Lots of things going on that needed my attention which left me with zero spoons left to do a...
03/11/2025

Helllooo. It’s been awhile. Lots of things going on that needed my attention which left me with zero spoons left to do anything else. IYKYK.

Thought I would start the day with these cute pictures of Midge. I recently got her on gaba for therapeutic pain management and she loves her gaba naps. I’d love to see pics of your fur babies. Even better if they are super seniors like Midge (she’s almost 18.5 🥺).

I hope you all have a wonderful day ❤️

*we lost power for 50 hours a few weeks back so I put one of Dots old jackets on her. Doesn’t she look so cute?*

02/10/2025

Your third emoji is how your guardian Angel feels when you’re about to misstep. Mine is 🙄…🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

01/31/2025

I love this song by Jelly Roll. I personally haven’t dealt with addiction but I know people who have. These lyrics hit so hard. You are worthy of being happy and sober. There are people who love you. Don’t give up. Please go listen to this song. I’ve attached the lyrics but I promise listening to it is so much better!

Winning Streak by Jelly Roll

“The broken glass of a bottle makes a jagged rock bottom
And right now I got two shaky hands, only one way to stop 'em
And I haven't touched a drop in seven hours, three minutes
Hardly sobered up, already wanna quit quittin'
Sweatin' in an old church basement, wishin' I was wasted
I never thought I'd say this
"Hello, my name is Jason"
and I've been losin' myself, I've been losin' my mind
(Amen) and I've been standin' in the rain, just tryna stay dry
I was so ashamed to be in this seat 'til I met a man who was 20 years clean
He said, "Everybody here's felt the same defeat"
Nobody walks through these doors on a winnin' streak
Hold on (hold on)
(Amen)
Hold on (hold on)
The broken man in the mirror can't look at me 'cause he's guilty
And I swear that the last couple months that mo********er tried to kill me
By the time I saw it comin', it was done with already
It's hard to run from it when it runs in the family
A problem with a thousand more it's causin'
Damn, this s**t's exhaustin', this is why I walked in
Thanks for lettin' me share, y'all
and I've been losin' myself, I've been losin' my mind
(Amen) and I've been standin' in the rain, just tryna stay dry
I was so ashamed to be in this seat 'til I met a man who was 20 years clean
He said, "Everybody here's felt the same defeat"
Nobody walks through these doors on a winnin' streak
Yeah
Eh-eh, eh (amen)
Ooh, yeah (amen)
Eh-eh, eh (amen)
(Give me family)
I'm tired of bein' broken, I'm sick of feelin' hopeless
Way down here at my lowest
At the end of my rope, at the end of my rope
So, what do I do?
So, what do I do?
What do I do?
And I've been losin' myself, I've been losin' my mind
And I've been standin' in the rain, just tryna stay dry
I was so ashamed to be in this seat 'til I met a man who was 20 years clean
He said, "Everybody here's felt the same defeat"
Nobody walks through these doors on a winnin' streak
Hold on (hold on)
(Amen)
Hold on (hold on)”

You are loved. You are worthy. You matter.

That’s so cool to see! I have also passed 400 followers! With 179 in the last 28 days 🥺🥺❤️. Thank you everyone new and o...
01/31/2025

That’s so cool to see! I have also passed 400 followers! With 179 in the last 28 days 🥺🥺❤️. Thank you everyone new and old. I appreciate you. I’m working on some content so stay tuned! ❤️❤️

How about a little fun this Saturday night 🤣🤣🤣 it would be Astrology. I’d probably try to guess their placements 🤣🤣. Wha...
01/26/2025

How about a little fun this Saturday night 🤣🤣🤣 it would be Astrology. I’d probably try to guess their placements 🤣🤣. What about you?

Time to be totally raw. Me trying not to cry because of the pain but also because I’m so tired of this. It’s all complet...
01/23/2025

Time to be totally raw. Me trying not to cry because of the pain but also because I’m so tired of this. It’s all completely out of my control.

Two of my goals with this page was to be a beacon of hope but also create a safe community for those with chronic illness/chronic pain. I’m lacking on the former and drowning in the latter.

So here goes. Today sucks. 😭 Yesterday my hips were so stiff it was uncomfortable to even lift my leg to push in my clutch. And then it escalated last night to my left adductor screaming at me. Shooting down the inside of my leg to the inside of my knee. There is no stretching this out. I have tried without relief for decades to achieve this. This is likely because I’m actually hyper mobile in my hips. I found that out last year with the new PT I saw. Try to strengthen the opposite muscles to help lessen the burden and I end up in debilitating pain. And because I now have glaucoma (yeah I hadn’t shared that yet but I’m 34 with steroid induced glaucoma 🙄) I can’t even do a taper because they can’t freaking get me in to see the ophthalmologist to have my pressures retested. I was supposed to be seen three weeks after I was diagnosed. Unfortunately that doctor does not take my insurance and only saw me to get me stabilized because it was a referral from the hospital. This is American healthcare. And it’s bu****it.

All of this also means I loathe making plans because I never know how I’m going to feel. Being chronically ill and always in pain is so damn isolating. Constantly feeling like a flake because I literally am in too much pain to go and do x, y, or z. I’d go on disability but that pays s**t and I couldn’t survive on that.

So for those that don’t have this burden please be kind to those of us that do. And be so damn happy that you don’t suffer like we do. And for those that are my fellow spoonies I’m sorry you also suffer with this. I’m actually going to a pain clinic because my rheumatologist and P*P can’t help me anymore. It’s so disheartening.

I just want to be normal. To go do things like I used to. And I do NOT want any comments about here take this or take that. You are not a member of my care team. You do not know my medical history. You do not know what I have or have not tried. You think you’re being helpful but really it just pi**es us off if I’m being totally honest.

To my fellow spoonies I love you. I so wish I could be a beacon of hope right now but I’m on the struggle bus. If you also suffer from this I’d love for some to share. I really just need to know I’m not alone. And again I want this to be a safe place because I’ve realized there aren’t that many places we can go to talk about this. I’m here and I’ll listen. ❤️

01/22/2025

Good morning friends. Well the weather here is kicking my ass. It’s much colder than it had been and it’s wrecking havoc on my lower back and hips. Trying to roll over in bed was fun last night. Not. 😑. Even lifting my left leg so I could push in my clutch I could feel the pressure on my hip. And then my feet hurt to walk again. 🙄🙄🙄🙄😬. I’m hoping it’s just the weather and not a flare. Take me to warmer days please!

Anybody else struggling right now? I mean the lower United States got snow so I’m guessing it’s colder than you’re used to and I know I’m not the only one feeling it. Stay warm.

Spoonies unite!

Hello! So a post from 6 years ago came up in my memories today and it made me want to ask all of you how I can better he...
01/20/2025

Hello! So a post from 6 years ago came up in my memories today and it made me want to ask all of you how I can better help you. Is simply sharing my journey and struggles enough or would more fact based information be better? Or a combination! Please share your thoughts with me so that I can gear my page to better helping all of you.

Here’s a back story on the pictures attached and on me:

As some of you know I have struggled with anxiety, depression, and adhd for years. I’ve had lows before but January 2019 I hit my lowest. Days after I wrote that post I was on the phone with the IRS sobbing that I didn’t have any money to give them and to please help me with a payment plan or something. The lady was less than kind. I still vividly remember looking at a bottle of pills and thinking “I should just take those.” Thankfully I didn’t. Instead I messaged one of my best friends and he urged me to call my doctor for help. And I did. 6 years ago I wanted to ☠️. Zoloft was the 6th antidepressant I had been on and was clearly not the right one for me. At my emergency appointment an amazing doctor helped me and got me on the antidepressant that I still am on today. I have NEVER lasted this long on one. That doctor also saved my life. And I am eternally grateful to her.

Despite most of that time being hazy for me I distinctly remember crying to my best friends (Ashley and Steven ❤️) asking them if I would survive. Asking them if I would ever experience joy again because I honestly thought I wouldn’t make it.

Is life perfect? No. Am I completely happy now? No. BUT, I am living breathing proof that you can get better. That you can survive and feel joy again. I am so damn grateful I was as open as I was back then because it is my yearly reminder that I made it. That I’m still here.

I also know I am incredibly lucky to have the support system that I did and do have. I stayed with my mom for two weeks while I got off of Zoloft and on to the new med. I had my two best friends talking with me every single day. Even though they were both drowning they made sure I was ok. I am forever and ever grateful for them. I wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for them.

So, if you are in the thick of it. If you’re crying and wondering if it’ll ever get better just know it can. I KNOW it doesn’t seem like it. Trust me. I know how awful and dark those feelings are. Your brain telling you you’re a burden. That your friends and family would be better off without you. That is not true. Depression lies to us. It makes us think and feel the worst possible things.

I am sending you so much love. I see you. You are not alone. You are loved. You are needed.

My moms dog Dori knows I’m feeling meh/stressed. She doesn’t usually lay with me. Having some type of autoimmune flare. ...
01/19/2025

My moms dog Dori knows I’m feeling meh/stressed. She doesn’t usually lay with me. Having some type of autoimmune flare. Thankfully not pain this time. Itching! Because why tf not 😭. Itching you ask? Ah yes. Well besides the other lovely things I deal with I also end up with widespread itching. Itching so badly that I rub my face raw. It’s neat. 🙄.

Oh and if you’re new here. Hi, my names Brittany and I survive on dark humor and sarcasm. 🥺

01/18/2025

So I’m really trying to overall be healthier. Making better food choices. Moving my body more. Etc. because of this I’m spending more on groceries and I’m just curious how much others spend a week or month on groceries? Haha. And maybe give me an idea of the kinds of things you eat.

Groceries in 2025 are 😳😳

It’s me. I’m in this picture. 🤣🤣🤣
01/17/2025

It’s me. I’m in this picture. 🤣🤣🤣

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