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Maternal mental health: How my mind broke into a million pieces
I lay broken, on the hard floor, shattered into a million pieces.
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Mental Health, Parenting and Me
During my first pregnancy, it felt like I was being told I was a definite candidate for post-natal depression. It’s not surprising the health professionals thought it’d go that way. I’d fallen pregnant less than six months after being discharged…
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We Need to Talk About: Motherhood After Abuse
By giving them the life I didn’t have, I’m gradually healing the damaged little girl inside myself, too.
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Big Boys Don’t Cry?
Despite the rise of geek culture, it's seen as a good thing to be a Proper Man.
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Anorexia: A Monster in Disguise
There was not a moment when I expected to live to old age...
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The Truth About Being Pretty: Why Being Attractive Shouldn’t be so Attractive
It was around my early teens that I noticed I was getting attention from men...
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The Emotional Cost of Chronic Pain
Pain is subjective, so when someone says 'it hurts', how can you imagine it? Or relate to it?
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Maternal Mental Health: The Postnatal Illnesses Nobody Talks About
It came to a head after my second son was born. I was bathing him and I lost my grip slightly and yet I carried it around in my head for the rest of the day.