9 months out of the womb - previously written on IG 2016. In the last 9 months I have never slept so little in my life. In the last nine months I have suffered my worst anxiety I have ever experienced. Having a new baby is exhausting and life just doesn't stop. The bills still [...]
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Honeymoon. Abuse. Honeymoon. Amuse.
Part one. Honeymoon. Abuse. Honeymoon. Amuse. In the depth of my relationship I was too familiar with fear, It became who I was sleeping with every night. The warm breathe in my ear. I knew the words off by heart, “it wasn’t my fault, I’m tired and stressed” All of these signs showed from the [...]
ECZEMA & MOLLUSCUM
INDIES SKIN ECZEMA & MOLLUSCUMMy inbox gets sooooo many messages a day from worried parents whose children also suffer either one of these or both like we did. I’m going to refer to the photos of image 1 being the first image of the skin etc. I have no professional medical advice to give but I [...]
Drifting
Drifting - Written by me. How can we immerse ourselves into one whole being whilst being pulled back an fourth into so many?Often I find myself standing there in a place I need to be whilst thinking of all the places I need to go. My mind is trying to ground me and feet are [...]
Helping anxious children
I have many memories of growing up where I felt scared, sad and unsafe. Sometimes for no apparent reason all the time. It could’ve been from the dark, a noise or a smell. I recall being anxious many, many times. Still to this day I really dislike things as they make me very anxious as [...]
MY TEENAGERS PHONE CONTRACT
Before we gave Ayden his mobile phone we wrote up an agreement that was to be agreed on by his three parents (modern day families these days lol) and then had to be signed by ALL parties. This piece of paper pretty much gave up the ability to put down some ground rules and also [...]
Two leaky tits and a can of failure.
Written 2015 I wasn’t really going to share my choices on how I choose to feed my baby this time. I felt as though there is enough shaming with mothers that I didn’t feel like I would need or want anyone else’s opinions on my choices due to what my mental health is like after [...]
COMMUNITY: Fibroid & Hysterectomy.
WRITTEN BY ELISSA HARRIS It’s hard to know where to start on a story that has always ‘existed’ in your early teens to now early thirties. When you sit, do the maths I have lived this journey for exactly 20 years but my menstrual cycle ended abruptly six weeks ago to the day when I [...]
COMMUNITY: We were high school sweethearts.
*** Trigger warning** Talk of abuse and episodes of violent behaviour that may trigger people * Written by Nicole. I got past him and grabbed the phone from the bedside table. His eyes were frightening. He was beyond reason. I threatened to call the police. I don’t know if I meant it, I just didn’t know what else [...]
COMMUNITY : Growing up with Capgras Syndrome.
Story sent in via email - Courtney My father suffers from an extremely severe case of capgras syndrome. It is something that he has dealt with since I was a little girl although no one knew back then. I was close with him growing up. He would spoil me and my siblings rotten. We went [...]
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