Salma’s journal
March 2025
5 entries this month.
How are you doing on a Wednesday
week 50held energy 24 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle…
Slept through
week 49tired energy 24 replies
Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in…
I told her
week 48better energy 33 replies
Told my prescriber rather than waiting to see. That is new for me and it is entirely down to something someone said in circle. Wrote about what being challenged was like from…
She read the diary
week 48brisk energy 12 replies
Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that…
Fewer, heavier
week 46tired but good energy 42 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it…