Tag: Anxiety
You Look Like You’re Coping but You’re Not – Post Natal Anxiety
“We promise we’ll have her back within the hour.” Said my mother in law. Freya – my daughter – was 6 weeks old. And my parents in law had come over from Sweden to see their son’s first child and to give us some relief. But I couldn’t let her out of my sight for [...]
Parental Paradox
Today Freya when I arrive at school, you are playing outside with the other children. I see you hiding behind a screen and popping out like a jack in the box to the repeated amazement and delighted applause of your teacher. ‘Ta-dah’! You do it 5 times before you spot me. When you see me, [...]
