When I was five years old we moved to a house opposite a children's home. There were so many children of different ages who came from a...

This is a BIGGIE for me. I have worked on this a lot in therapy but still it is one of the hardest things for me to do. I have to summon...

The acute stress response is a physiological response that occurs when we experience danger. There are a number of these responses but...

Just what I needed, some time away from him. Time to breathe, feel free and relax. Today we had booked to see an art experience and then...

When it all gets too much for me. Last night was a prime example. He has a urinary tract infection. Unfortunately in my wisdom and for...

This is how it always has been. Others' attention has always had to focus on dad wherever we were. If it wasn't, my Mum and I knew that...

That's a question I have been asked many a time by friends, therapists and others. I chose to care for my Mum for ten years as she was so...

Only in my teen years did I realise I lived with an 'Oscar award winning actor' (not really obviously) but that's what my Mum and I...

Being a carer is certainly a rollercoaster. A rollercoaster of emotions. One day is calm and peaceful, the next may be hectic and mad and...

Good morning, it's 6am and I am sitting here in bed in the dark creating a blog. Been awake since silly o'clock. Curtains open, waiting...