Hi, I’m Solas, born and raised in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. I lived in Edinburgh, Scotland for many of my adult years, but illness forced me to move back home to my parents in 2018. 

I live with multiple chronic illnesses. 

Depression, anxiety and PTSD for decades now. 

Chronic Fatigue fi got in 2017 after catching a flu virus.  

I got diagnosed with Diabetes around my 18th Birthday. It's not type 1 or 2 but a genetic type called Mody3. 

I wanted to take this time to introduce myself to you and share a little about my story so far. I am currently writing this from my new home in italy.

When I planned this trip I expected to have 2k in my bank account but since life always brings challenges I ended up leaving with only €400 in my bank account.

I have always considered myself a lucky person, but 2 days before I was due to depart my car started acting up and one of the doors stopped locking. Not ideal when you plan to sleep in your car in unknown places, alone!

Once upon a time,

there was a princess whose anxiety was threatening to take her over so she tiptoed from her dark cocoon on the sofa to her laptop and wrote down all that she was afraid of. It was a long list and once written she read it over and wrote beside each why it was irrational and what, if any, action or solution she could take.

The next day the sun was shining so she decided to be brave and go out into the world to try and feel better. She pictured her day being spent lazing at the beach letting the sun kiss her soul better.

But before she could get to the beach her car got stuck in the sand.