Sophie Hayward

Where are your other books?? I wanna read it please.

So March is in fact Endometriosis Awareness Month and I didn't want to post my personal experience with this illness but I realised that's probably why not many people know about it.
          
          It affects at least 1 in 10 women and yet it's unknown to many. I didn't know about it officially until I had my surgery and they found it.
          
          It is tough as it affects things like fertility, mobility, mental health and even work. I am in pain every day, some days I struggle to get up and down I am in so much pain. I've barely slept and when I have a flare up, I don't sleep at all.
          
          You'd think it would be easy to get treatment but it's hard. There is no cure. Medical professions can only help suppress symptoms but it doesn't work for everyone. So far I have not found a treatment that is helped. And it can take up to 7 years to even diagnose!
          
          And you get misdiagnosed, dismissed, told the pains all in your head (Yes that has happened to me by a GP). They focused on something else even though tests for it came back clear and I had been on every medication to treat that and nothing helped and yet they still believed it was that. Even my gynae said he doesn't think it's Endometriosis and yet here I am, diagnosed and I still don't get taken seriously by him. They need to take us more seriously and be more aware of how common this illness can be.
          
          It's a long process. And you have it for life. More people need to be aware of it. They need to normalise talking about women problems. I've always suffered from painful periods and cramps and my periods last between 8 and 14 days. If I'd known more that this wasn't normal, I could have been diagnosed earlier.
          
          Here are some of the symptoms to take note off, as you never know if your "this must be just a normal period" is infact more than that: painful periods, painful ovulation, pain during or after sexual intercourse, heavy bleeding, chronic pelvic pain, fatigue, and infertility, and can impact on general physical, mental, and social well being.

Reposting this as a reminder to everyone:
          
          I rarely make a post about specific international days but this one hits me whole. It is World Mental Health Day. If you all have some sort of mental illness, just know I am proud of how strong you are fighting/battling/living with it. I myself suffered from Depression, Anxiety, Self-Harm, Suicidal Tendencies and Insomnia.
          
          It's hard to get through a day without an incidence and sometimes it's hard to fight through my demons but I do it.
          
          All I ask of you readers is to be KIND. To be CARING. And to be RESPECTFUL of others. You have no idea what someone is going through so don't say anything mean or distasteful to anyone as that could be the trigger to their health. Just HELP them. Be their FRIEND. I help others because strangely enough, it helps me. I have hardly any coping methods for getting better myself, and every day is a struggle but knowing I have helped someone else, helps me carry on for them.
          
          Helping others and knowing you inspire them to keep going is one of the best things you can ever ask for. It makes me feel a little proud of the person I am that I have inspired some people. It is the best medicine for me.
          
          So I want to pass on this message to all of you. HELP and SUPPORT someone with a mental illness. Don't JUDGE! UNDERSTAND and be their STRENGTH. It will reward you later on in life and make you feel like a better person because you are being more selfless. Just try to do at least one KIND thing a day. The results may seem small to you but the impact will be HUGE!
          
          Also just remember one thing, I CARE about each and every one of you. Even if I may not know you on a personal level, I still CARE and BELIEVE in you. Don't give up. Find a reason to keep trying. And yes you may need to be your own hero sometimes, but remember that every hero needs a sidekick. Don't be afraid to ask for help. I love you all xxx

If you message me or comment anything on my books and I don't reply on Wednesday and maybe a couple of days after that, I assure you I am not ignoring you. I am in hospital at 7:30am Wednesday morning to prepare for an operation I am having later on that day. So I won't be able to talk at all Wednesday and as you might be able to understand, I won't be much up for talking the next day either. Hope you all understand and I will let you all know how it goes when I'm up to talking a couple of days after the surgery x

I have a request from you all. Today is my 22nd birthday and I'd like a gift from you all. All I would like from you all is kindness towards one another. Build each other up, not tear each other down because we are all unique and beautiful and some people tend to forget. So remind them that they are.
          
          My gift I want you all to do for me is to do at least one good thing for another, compliment someone, cheer them up. Just be kind to someone and do that everyday after that for me. That is the gift I would like you all to give me on your birthday, your kindness to everyone.

@NavarroLupe2018 Hi so glad you enjoyed reading my books and thank you for taking time out to leave this comment. Yeah I find most people ignore it and it carries on, when I call people out on it, it seems to stop as they don't expect me to do anything about it. I have been debating about actually publishing and have ideas on how to do it so excited about that. Again though, thank you. It means a lot!

I hate how rude people can be. If you don't like my book, that's fine as not everyone will, but putting things like this, "B***h that’s was not emotional it was stupidity and you are the worst writer in wattpad " and "Sorry  but you suck" is a little rude.
          
          I get some people might not like my book and the way I write and that is fine. I didn't expect everyone to love it and I am alright with feedback but at the same time, I am a human being, all you have to say is you didn't like the book and it wasn't for you, not start being rude and name calling 

I'd like to make this message as a sort of awareness. It can be seen as rude to self promote on other people's books or profile's on here. I am not going to name who as it happens more than I'd like but this is something someone put this morning on my wall here,
          
          "You can check for my books on my profile and don't forget to follow and share."
          
          Now I might not speak for everyone but I do find it to be a little rude that you go on someone's profile and post something like this. Messaging that person first and asking if they could help you out by spreading the word of their book is one thing but posting a post on someone's wall or in some cases I've had in the comment sections of a book is another. Now I am posting this to try to stop it happening. If you do post on my wall or in the comments of my book trying to promote yourself then you will get this message,
          
          "Hi, I'd just like to kindly ask you not to self promote your books on my profile. The message you put can be seen as rude to that person and I hate to have to say this but if you try to do it again on my profile I will have no choice but to mute you to prevent you from doing it again. I hope you understand"
          
          If it happens again then I will mute that person as they had the warning. If I post on here asking for recommendations on here for books to read, then you can comment with your book on that post. Do not just post on my wall without my permission or in my books with self promotions messages of your books as I do not like it.
          
          I do hope you all understand and find that I am being reasonable as it's a fair thing to ask someone not to promote their work on my page. Thank you for taking time to read this and hopefully you all understand as self promotion messages on my profile and books happens nearly every day for me

People need to be encouraged. People need to be reminded of how wonderful they are. People need to be believed in-told they are brave, smart and capable of accomplishing all the dreams they dream of and more. Remind each other of this.

Oh wow! I am actually reduced to tears because of so many amazing, supportive people. The amount of kind comments people have left in regards to me publishing my book is just too much. I am so happy and shocked that so many people love my work that I can't help but cry with all this support. I am so overwhelmed! I was gearing myself up for bad things and instead I am told I am "talented" and that you would buy it is just too much! You guys are all just so amazing! You have made me so determined to ensure this book gets published! I will do everything in my power (and my managers power xD) to do this! I am not letting anyone hold me back, I am going to achieve my dream of being a published author and I will never! forget all of the amazing support of each and every one of you! Most of you don't even know me on a personal level yet you still show so much support. My followers aren't just readers, I see you all as a big, supportive family that have my back and encourage me to achieve things I yearn for so thank you to each and every one of you beautiful, amazing people! I know I am rambling on but I am so in shock with all this support I don't know how to quite react, you're just all amazing and I wish I could hug every single one of you xx