It’s OK folks…
L and I had our first anorexia free evening last night. After I took some deep breaths, got some sleep and just took the time to think things through, it […]
L and I had our first anorexia free evening last night. After I took some deep breaths, got some sleep and just took the time to think things through, it […]
The problem with spilling out your innermost fears and thoughts online is that the people who read it are likely to worry about you. So this is a thank you […]
It was inevitable really. Once you start to back away from your child’s care, you get left behind really quickly. I didn’t want to end up here. Partly, it was […]
Since L was admitted, our relationship seems to have deteriorated. I was glad she at least made a choice about her treatment and I have tried to respect that. It […]
“Perhaps we should reconsider the refried bean option” says K, as she cleans them off the kitchen cupboard. I think about this as I remove the combinations of beans, cheese […]
Over the last two weeks since handing over the reins to both the unit and L’s father, I have done well. I realised I needed to get better myself and […]
She’s “off with depression” I hear people say, about others, and probably right now. Often said with a slight whisper or lowered tone, unlike being off with a chest infection. […]
I’ve written before about social media and the complete lack of reality of so-called recovery accounts. Of all of them, the most exasperating is a close friend of L’s. In […]
The longer L is ill, the more apparent it becomes that Ed’s control manifests itself particularly in counting calories. It is almost as if she is allowed to eat as […]
While the doctor’s advice to do things that are kind to myself is good advice and well-meant, it comes at a price. Just as I would see L’s being kind […]