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Christmas can be a tough time for many of us, a season of supposed joy and togetherness that often highlights our deepest loneliness. As someone who has experienced the darkest corners of isolation, I know firsthand how challenging it can be to navigate this time of year.
The newspapers had touted it as a ‘Christmas party’ – a festive celebration for inmates like m...
It amazes me, given all the media coverage of people struggling all over the globe that there is still a lot of pressure here in the UK on people to plaster a smile on their faces because it is the run up to Christmas.
Pain and struggling doesn’t stop depending on the time of year. It doesn’t have a calendar or bow to social expectation. Nor should you if the presc...
I roll out of bed around noon. I’ve been tossing and turning for hours now, lying a sweaty shadow in this bed, though I am still cold, and wish the sun would set once more.
I sit up and droop my legs over the edge of the bed and stare down at my dirty carpet for longer than needed, as if preparing to bungee-jump or something.
I gather what’s left of ...
I’ve seen and heard about how walking away is a weakness so many times. Here are some of the ways I’ve heard and read it phrased:
“You’ve just got to suck it up and stay.” “But they’re your family, you can’t walk away.”
“Quitting is for the weak.”
“You didn’t want the relationship to work. If you had, y...
When someone falls on hard times, it is ok to give words of encouragement. However, when does a positive attitude become toxic and unhelpful?
Telling someone going through hardship to ‘just stay positive’, or to ‘look on the bright side’ might be well meaning and sympathetic in intention, but these types of comments can actually nega...
