how it feels
It’s too late for my mum, but by participating in research I have gained back a bit of control
Call it a quirk, a blessing, a curse, whatever you wish - I’ve grown to appreciate living my life in multi-coloured shades
How can we mourn something we’ve never even had? All the while trying to present the faked, merry front of a couple who are choosing travel and career over reproduction
Living in a world without her is a pain I have to face. Please don’t expect me to get over it - all those statements are assumptions that grief has an ending, a finish line
As I tried to get Chris off the bed, he fell on me. A moment of absurdity. What dark comedy had I been cast in?
After I was diagnosed with tuberculosis, I realised how privileged I was to access treatment - millions of others are not so fortunate
You hear about these things happening to other people, but you never think it’s going to happen to you. It’s like someone’s physically snapped a piece of your heart off
It is true that our minds can stay younger in self-image than our bodies stay in physical form.
Loneliness can often feel like British weather. Suddenly the clouds disperse and you have a long unexpected heatwave of joy, of feeling included. Other days it starts raining with no warning.
For 29 years I’d gone through life without ever experiencing any medical problems - until my severe psychotic episode