Perched at my desk in an open plan environment wasn’t the time or place. I tried to stem the flow of tears but the very sudden, over-whelming urge to sob was palpable. I’m a gay man who has a loving and supportive family; I have an amazing relationship with my
When negative thoughts bounce around your head, it’s sometimes difficult to pull yourself out of the quagmire; you spiral into a pit of darkness, as even the little things get on your tits. You’ve already begun to loose perspective as your disapproving thoughts rapidly turn into dark feelings. You might
I thought that I’d give you a preview of some of my 2011 highlights – both the people and the events, that have shaped my year. If you’ve read my blog before, you’ll know that I started the year and finished it, in different relationships. The pictures chronicle a journey – during which
Let’s face it, even the most amicable breakups are an emotional kidney punch. It’s a tough time to navigate, especially if you want to retain a friendship out of the other side. Acceptance is essential, you both needed to be (and stay) on the same page; both in agreement that
Today marks a new beginning for me. I move out of what was my marital home, into my own place. We had a very happy life over the six years that we lived here, it has been a very happy home. As I reflect on the 10 years that we had together, I have
“This isn’t a conversation I’m going to have with mum, but if I die tomorrow my Will is on my PC – okay?” It was an odd conversation to be having with a heavily pregnant woman, but there is one thing you can say of my friend; she’s straight down
Yesterday the Teenage Cancer Trust released a study that showed young people are in the sun for twelve times the recommended time without sun cream or other protection. My experience is that it’s not just the folly of youth. IMO we all take this risk too lightly in the UK;
Infants & Sumo Wrestlers, as myth would have it, have something in common. They happily function with un-descended testicles; I on the other hand, do not function well as I discovered on Sunday. The closest most of us get to this phenomena is when we get into extremely cold water resulting
My post-breakup emotional frailty is beginning to wear thin. On the one hand, I remind myself that we’re still counting in weeks & on the other, get a grip life goes on. It’s the ‘under-the-surface’ nature of it that bothers me, where an otherwise normal service has resumed. Today, I
Since I have relaunched the blog, I have had a few people ask about what happened to my 35-yo brother. Back in January, I blogged about the stroke that he suffered after a weekend of binging on cocaine, celebrating his 35th birthday. Not being a drug-taker the fact that this