Flare Ups & F-Bombs

About Flare Ups & F-Bombs

Flare Ups & F-Bombs This is where chronic illness gets real and very raw; unfiltered and occasionally inappropriately hilarious. I’m Flick: neurospicy, chronically ill, perpetually exhausted, and finally done being dismissed. After years of being told “it’s just anxiety,” I’m telling the truth about what it’s actually like to live in a body that is confused on how to function. Each week, I’m sharing the chaos behind the flare-ups, the emotional gut punches of not being heard, the small wins, and the weird symptoms nobody talks about. This space is for the misunderstood, the misdiagnosed, and the medically gaslit… Oh and everyone in between. Expect laughter, tears, a few F-bombs, and eventually stories from other beautifully broken people just like me. New episodes weekly. Subscribe, share, and say hi, because you don’t have to look sick to be chronically ill, and you don’t have to do this alone.

Publisher

Flick Richardson

Category

health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Jun 2025

Latest episode

13 Jul 2025

Latest episodes

3 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Jul 2025

   Episode 3 - Chronically Ill but still Hot(ish)

   This one’s for the spoonies who wake up looking like a raccoon on a bender but still manage to serve “invisible-era glam” by 3pm. Join me for a short (but fabulous) love letter to all of us who are chronically ill, constantly exhausted, and still somehow kinda hot. We’re talking dry shampoo, specialist appointments as red carpet events, and the Olympic sport that is taking a shower. It’s short. It’s real. It’s funny. And yes… the fish market comment might haunt me forever.

2. 

   5 Jul 2025

   Episode 2, Let me introduce you to my main character... POTS!

   The host shares her personal experiences with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, revealing the daily challenges and realities of living with this invisible illness.

3. 

   28 Jun 2025

   Episode 1, The Introduction. Short, Sweet, Hello!

   The host introduces the podcast, discussing life with invisible illness and finding her voice during a slow week in New Zealand.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

471

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Podcast Authority Score: 22 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

17

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

0