Tag: socialanxiety
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The Regression Of Middle-Aged Man Back To Toddler
You worry about how your marriage will evolve with age. You prepare yourself that one day there may not be enough to hold you together and you’ll end up another divorce statistic. What you never consider is that you might end up alone when your husband decides to become a hermit. As another dinner party…
My Midlife Mayhem
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When Do You Let Your ADHD Teenager Spread Their Wings?
Autumn 2005 in Vienna. Berlin’s Ellen Allien mows the floor. Rave is King! See where this picture was taken. [?] (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Kurt is going to a ‘rave’ tomorrow night. Which obviously fills me with immense joy. Due to social anxiety my boy rarely goes out, so I’m not really in any position to…
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The Seven Year Itch
Terrace Houses So, we are leaving the Beaches in search of streets paved with gold (and no doubt littered with syringes) in the Big Smoke. The choice is one of circumstance, not because we are in any way unhappy here, which makes it emotionally harder. For me. I would be lying if I didn’t mention…
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Midlife Mayhem – Can’t You Just Tell Everyone I’m Dead
Words of desperation from a despairing man, on the brink of a cosy Sunday lunch with close friends. ‘A Dead Man Walking’ sprung to mind as I laughed nervously at him, but the implications were more serious – he is an introvert in crisis. Telling everyone he was dead, however, was never an option. But should something…
My Midlife Mayhem
LOUISA SIMMONDS 