I will not talk much more of my visits to these birth mother groups as my memories are more of the other birth mothers and not myself. However, the second visit to the group was so, so different to the first., laughter and giggles, girly giggles, Lucy’s giggles. The evening started much as the first one had, with Phil asking [...]
I was in my late 30's married and living in a very middle class area with two son’s and a husband. I had given birth to three son’s and this is the start of my growth. Having worked at home for some years, I had just started an office job when I started to have flash backs. To this day [...]
Lucy - A birth mother's journey I was a girl of 16, I was pregnant, it was the 1960's, adoption was the norm. I was a child myself, not like the 16 year old's of today. My parents ran my life and owned everything about me. I would be a child until I was 21 years old. I have told [...]
Are you a middle aged man in mid-life crisis or has your partner been acting strange lately? You or your loved one might be at risk! The shocking fact is 'middle aged men are more at risk of attempting or completing suicide'. Samaritans, a confidential emotional support service, raises this awareness in their current campaign 'We're in your corner' free (pdf) research [...]
If you have ever felt you had a problem which you had to face on your own, and alone, then you will probably recognise what desperation feels like. Feeling that your problem can't be solved is common, the fact is there are few problems which cannot be resolved, so what is it that makes us feel that there is no [...]
We have all experienced times when our minds race and are filled with negative recurring thoughts which can drive us to distraction. Thoughts we know are unhelpful but just don't seem to shift no matter how hard we try. Counsellors, therapists and psychologists have for a long time recommended the strategy of Thought Suppression in which we try to consciously push away [...]
