Being Positive

I am a great believer in positive thinking, but last year tried my 'positivity' to it's limits. I have become the embryo of a grumpy old woman and I don't like it one bit.

I'm all for a bit of a wallow in self pity now and then , a good old moan, or a fit of bad tempered rage against 'whatever'. These can serve to set yourself up back to positive thinking if short lived and exhaust any extremes of emotions you may have. The danger is when any one of these continues unchallenged or one follows the other in succession, your mindset changing from temporary negativity to a more permanent state.

So, I am making a public declaration of a war on negative attitudes and thoughts and a determined effort to resume a generally optimistic outlook.

First Migraine of the Year

I woke this morning with a migraine, but this was hardly surprising as I had been woken after four hours sleep to pick up my daughter from work (no transport). But in fact my migraines have been a bit better of late with an improvement from the 1 in 2 days usual count. I am going to keep a tally again to see this new pattern as they appear to be episodic rather than random or just a response to known triggers.

I'm wondering if my discovering a sensitivity to gluten and consequent avoidance has led also to the improvement in the number and severity of my attacks? Time will tell.

Wallasey in the snow before Christmas