Steve from England

Anyone, Anywhere ...Anytime  I am one of the 25% A quarter of everyone at some time in their lives suffers with mental health issues. There is a huge range of what qualifies as a mental health issue but we all know someone, whether we realise it or not, who suffers. In my case I have suffered with it the majority of my life. I can recall suicidal thoughts for certain in my early teens. Probably as a result of bullying at home and school coupled with regular health issues (and my sexuality), I felt isolated. Rarely did I ever quite fit in with anyone. These experiences shattered my self worth My confidence in my abilities in activities involving others was most often negligible. I was that kid who had the ball taken away more often than I can remember and who was ridiculed for being short and not able to do the highjump. I was good at Cross Country running but, that wasn't the cool thing to be any good at so there was no pleasure in it. PE teachers would save al...

Fatty I am still gaining weight, don't know what on earth to do about it. I walk so slow it won't make any difference and I am not really pigging on food. Something has to happen else it won't be covid-19 which gets me. Mum We lost my second mum the other day. I am writing it but still don't accept it. She was so strong and stubborn. She was only in her 70's and as far as we know she fell and hit her head on a sink. This caused a bleed on her brain and despite surgery, she never recovered. I first met her in 1985 when I started dating Kris (Lorna) who would become my wife the following year. Both mum and dad, the only names I can refer to them as, took me on as their own from the outset. When my own mum died in 1986 just three weeks before our wedding, they were both there for me and I have seen her as my mum ever since despite being divorced since 2001 (I think). All the kids adored her, she was that sort of lady. She had her little code. If sh...