Been thinking and researching on the "career options" still.
I found something I'd never even heard of called the Graduate Teacher Program. It enables you to train to become a teacher while you are working in a school as an unqualified teacher.
It's an option that appeals to me in a way because I'd like the experience. I'm getting fed up of academic study now, and whilst this will of course have elements of that, it sounds more "hands on". It's also an advantage to get payed whilst learning.
If I did this, I wouldn't be able to start until September next year, 2011. BUT if I do the part time PGCE, I still wouldn't graduate until June 2012. So, I'd graduate at roughly the same time... yet I think the GTP could be the better option for me. Yes, it's full time so in a way that's harder BUT... I'd be getting (I feel) a better experience. I think I'd feel a lot more confident about getting a job after working in a more hands on way, instead of taking the more academic route again. Despite the fact the academic route involves placements, I like the idea of being at one school for the majority of the training.
So, it's another option I am seriously considering. I could finish my diploma which is coming to an end now, have the rest of this year 'off', go on my Peru adventure in November, move in with my boyfriend at some point later this year or early next year, and live off my savings until I start in September 11 and keep doing my part time hypnotherapy work from here, at my parents. That way, I could spend some quality time with my Mum but get used to living with my boyfriend, before starting the program of work. It might give me chance to get my health in a better place and get a bit fitter too.
"I can live my life with this condition and make it a damn good life, full of great times- the stuff of wonderful memories, so when I'm old in my rocking chair looking back at it all I can think DAMN. I lived WELL. Oh yes. That I will do, no matter WHAT." ~ Me, Jan 11, 2010.
I thought it was the dish that ran away with the spoons?
Well, in the nursery rhyme it is but for me it's POTS!
Click this for an explanation of POTS
And this for an explanation of SPOONS
Click this for an explanation of POTS
And this for an explanation of SPOONS
About Me
- Laura
- United Kingdom
- I love photography, nature, the countryside, spending time with my boyfriend and my friends, fun, laughter and dancing.
Dysautonomia Demystified.
Dysautonomia is a dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system. The ANS controls all the things you don't think about, like digestion, body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate.
The form I have is called "POTS".
"POTS" stands for "Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome" which in simple terms is rapid heartbeat when standing.
That's only one of the symptoms. It's called a 'syndrome' because there are a vast array of other symptoms involved. Because it's a disorder of the ANS, anything which that controls can malfunction.
The symptoms I personally experience are:
*Fatigue: POTS can be draining and even debilitating as it takes 3 times as much energy just to stand up when you have it, therefore doing every day things is like running on the spot all the time- if an ordinary person did that, they'd be tired! That's the reality of living with POTS- you have no choice- you can't "stop running" because your body is keeping you 'running' (physiologically) all the time you are standing.
*I also have Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia, which is a speedy heart rate all the time, even when I'm 'resting'. This means that for me, even sitting down is like jogging on the spot, or doing star-jumps. Basically, it's like my body never truly gets to rest. So I'm pretty much always tired!
(Check out The Spoon Theory for a good explanation of what it's like living with limited energy and having to forward plan everything to make sure you don't leave yourself short).
*Overactive Bladder (nervous system controls it, nerve signals aren't working right)
*Excess Thirst/Dehydration (if ever I find out why I have this, it'll be a miracle!)
*Migraines, or if not migraines, certainly frequent headaches.
*Neck and back pain
*Muscle aches/joint pain
*Brain fog- which makes a person forgetful and slow in their thinking, have difficulty accessing information stored in the brain, e.g. difficulty finding the right word, finishing sentences, remembering what to do and how- it's like having senile dementia; I joke about the dozy things I've done because of it because you have to laugh, otherwise you'd cry! Having an illness that disrupts your whole body is one thing, having it try to take your mind as well is another.
*Gastro-intestinal problems- bloating, reflux, feeling full quickly
*Disturbed sleep patterns (aka not sleeping well and also not feeling as if your sleep is restful even when you do).
*Involuntary muscle jerks when I'm trying to relax/sleep.
*Feeling as if I can't get enough oxygen, even though I'm breathing fine (very weird).
*Fidgety, always 'wired' feeling (makes it hard to truly relax)
*Feeling overstimulated easily
*Not being able to stand still for too long, due to excessive heart rate climbing higher and higher, which makes me feel physically 'stressed'.
There's possibly more but brain-fog makes one forgetful... I think that's enough to paint a picture anyways!
The form I have is called "POTS".
"POTS" stands for "Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome" which in simple terms is rapid heartbeat when standing.
That's only one of the symptoms. It's called a 'syndrome' because there are a vast array of other symptoms involved. Because it's a disorder of the ANS, anything which that controls can malfunction.
The symptoms I personally experience are:
*Fatigue: POTS can be draining and even debilitating as it takes 3 times as much energy just to stand up when you have it, therefore doing every day things is like running on the spot all the time- if an ordinary person did that, they'd be tired! That's the reality of living with POTS- you have no choice- you can't "stop running" because your body is keeping you 'running' (physiologically) all the time you are standing.
*I also have Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia, which is a speedy heart rate all the time, even when I'm 'resting'. This means that for me, even sitting down is like jogging on the spot, or doing star-jumps. Basically, it's like my body never truly gets to rest. So I'm pretty much always tired!
(Check out The Spoon Theory for a good explanation of what it's like living with limited energy and having to forward plan everything to make sure you don't leave yourself short).
*Overactive Bladder (nervous system controls it, nerve signals aren't working right)
*Excess Thirst/Dehydration (if ever I find out why I have this, it'll be a miracle!)
*Migraines, or if not migraines, certainly frequent headaches.
*Neck and back pain
*Muscle aches/joint pain
*Brain fog- which makes a person forgetful and slow in their thinking, have difficulty accessing information stored in the brain, e.g. difficulty finding the right word, finishing sentences, remembering what to do and how- it's like having senile dementia; I joke about the dozy things I've done because of it because you have to laugh, otherwise you'd cry! Having an illness that disrupts your whole body is one thing, having it try to take your mind as well is another.
*Gastro-intestinal problems- bloating, reflux, feeling full quickly
*Disturbed sleep patterns (aka not sleeping well and also not feeling as if your sleep is restful even when you do).
*Involuntary muscle jerks when I'm trying to relax/sleep.
*Feeling as if I can't get enough oxygen, even though I'm breathing fine (very weird).
*Fidgety, always 'wired' feeling (makes it hard to truly relax)
*Feeling overstimulated easily
*Not being able to stand still for too long, due to excessive heart rate climbing higher and higher, which makes me feel physically 'stressed'.
There's possibly more but brain-fog makes one forgetful... I think that's enough to paint a picture anyways!
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