Teenage Academic Pressure

My eldest has been having less anxiety episodes since starting Year 11, but when they do appear, it’s horrible to see and I feel so damn helpless. Today, he was doing his maths homework (a GCSE paper) and struggled with a question. I could see he was getting agitated, but wasn’t quick enough to intervene. As I urged him to take a break, he leapt off the chair and ran to hide under a blanket. He then spent the next 10 minutes thrashing about and going into a state where he won’t respond or let anyone touch him.

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The Breast Clinic

I was just browsing through some really old posts and saw one that gave me a bit of a scare (and not the Halloween kind). I’d found a lump in my breast and spent a few days worrying before the doctor checked it over and determined all was well.

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