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"I thought I was the only one. But the truth is that there are thousands of us united by a loss no one else can quite understand."
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I thought I was the only one. But the truth is that there are thousands of us united by a loss no one else can quite understand.
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"I thought I was the only one. But the truth is that there are thousands of us united by a loss no one else can quite understand."
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I thought I was the only one. But the truth is that there are thousands of us united by a loss no one else can quite understand.
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"It’s important to remember we often lose people from our lives for a reason" – @LiterateElf writes on losing friends over lockdown
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For some, our friendships have been unshakeable. But most of us may have drifted away from more people than we care to admit.
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"After my cancer diagnosis, I realised that what was more important than the number of days I had left was how I used them" – the man cycling from Bristol to Beijing amid a pandemic
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After my cancer diagnosis, I realised that what was more important than the number of days I had left was how I used them.
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"After my cancer diagnosis, I realised that what was more important than the number of days I had left was how I used them" – the man cycling from Bristol to Beijing amid a pandemic
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After my cancer diagnosis, I realised that what was more important than the number of days I had left was how I used them.
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"After my cancer diagnosis, I realised that what was more important than the number of days I had left was how I used them" – the man cycling from Bristol to Beijing amid a pandemic
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After my cancer diagnosis, I realised that what was more important than the number of days I had left was how I used them.
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"Sometimes I wonder if her head is going to be turned by a young Mr Darcy type walking past, now that I’m more akin to Mr Bean in bed" – how Parkinson's disease changes your sex life #WorldParkinsonsDay
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Sex isn't the same as it once was now I’m unable to offer what I once could. But sex still exists.
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"Sometimes I wonder if her head is going to be turned by a young Mr Darcy type walking past, now that I’m more akin to Mr Bean in bed" – how Parkinson's disease changes your sex life #WorldParkinsonsDay
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Sex isn't the same as it once was now I’m unable to offer what I once could. But sex still exists.
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"Sometimes I wonder if her head is going to be turned by a young Mr Darcy type walking past, now that I’m more akin to Mr Bean in bed" – how Parkinson's disease changes your sex life #WorldParkinsonsDay
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Sex isn't the same as it once was now I’m unable to offer what I once could. But sex still exists.
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'As difficult and dangerous as it can still be for transgender people to come out, it was virtually unheard of – and unthinkable – at that time'
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My mom’s guidelines were clear: we will accept this, but we will not talk about it — not even with each other.
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"No one tells you about the embarrassment of leaking through to your jeans after change your pad for the fifth time today" – @denisekevans writes on the physical trauma of miscarriage
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Intense cramping, anaemia, blood leaking through to your jeans after changing your pad for the fifth time of the day? They don’t teach that in Year 9 biology.
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"No one tells you about the embarrassment of leaking through to your jeans after change your pad for the fifth time today" – @denisekevans writes on the physical trauma of miscarriage
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Intense cramping, anaemia, blood leaking through to your jeans after changing your pad for the fifth time of the day? They don’t teach that in Year 9 biology.
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"No one tells you about the embarrassment of leaking through to your jeans after change your pad for the fifth time today" – @denisekevans writes on the physical trauma of miscarriage
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Intense cramping, anaemia, blood leaking through to your jeans after changing your pad for the fifth time of the day? They don’t teach that in Year 9 biology.
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"I’ve seen how smell training can make a real difference in people’s lives" – what it's like to help Covid patients learn to smell again
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"I’ve seen how smell training can make a real difference in people’s lives" – what it's like to help Covid patients learn to smell again
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I've been nothing short of humbled by the courage and determination of those I work with to go through the long process of trying to regain their sense of smell.
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"I’ve seen how smell training can make a real difference in people’s lives" – what it's like to help Covid patients learn to smell again
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I've been nothing short of humbled by the courage and determination of those I work with to go through the long process of trying to regain their sense of smell.
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"Leaving my call centre job for bigger things feels less and less likely" – @mrjackdwynn writes on why his Covid stopgap job is feeling like forever
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"Leaving my call centre job for bigger things feels less and less likely" – @mrjackdwynn writes on why his Covid stopgap job is feeling like forever
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Six months on, and with Covid restrictions only getting tighter, leaving my call centre job for bigger things feels less and less likely.
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"Leaving my call centre job for bigger things feels less and less likely" – @mrjackdwynn writes on why his Covid stopgap job is feeling like forever
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Six months on, and with Covid restrictions only getting tighter, leaving my call centre job for bigger things feels less and less likely.
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"Imagine being told to ‘stay home to stay safe’ in a home that has been judged criminally unsafe."
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I'm trapped in an unsellable, uninsurable home, paying thousands to fix fire safety defects I played no part in creating.
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