Amelia Hill

Description

Amelia Hill is living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Environmental Illness.

These terms might sound vague or nondescript, but essentially it means that your body reacts badly to many things in our environment.

Do you know that mild headache you get if you spend time in the ‘perfume’ section of a department store? That is a chemical sensitivity reaction. Now multiply that to include any smells that are not found in nature – almost everything in human lives right now – and your body reacts in a way that leaves you unable to get out of bed and even just opening your eyes takes a monumental effort, that is where you find people like Amelia.

It is a world of complete isolation.

It is a world of frustration of not knowing the cause or how to seek treatment.

It is a world where even a hug from a loved one can mean that you spend the following weeks in bed.

It is a world where hope is a commodity that comes and goes.

It is also a world that is a mystery to many doctors.

This episode is raw. It is at times, difficult to listen to. Amelia shares her life with me and we discuss:

· Finding hope when even the last of her doctors has none

· How fighting for your mental health is just as important as your physical health

· Loneliness in a world where physical contact is non-existent

I came out of this podcast a better human than when I went into recording it. I feel blessed that Amelia felt comfortable enough to gift me her full story. Completely raw and authentic.

Thank you Amelia xx

Show Notes:

1.10 – Who is Amelia Hill?

3.38 – The beginning of when Amelia’s health took a deep nose dive

6.00 – Living life in a bubble – Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

8.17 – Why sharing your story is so important

9.06 – Am I imagining this?

11.59 – How do you cope with the loneliness?

14.00 – Doing what you need to do, to stay alive

14.58 – Acute Inflammatory Bowel disease

16.25 – What is your bigger purpose?

23.00 – ‘When I thought I would die’