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1/3 Two weeks ago it was Men Matter Too as part of @ChildlessWeek. For it I was part of a video with @mjhughes67, @skhumbuzodube and @RobinHadley1 talking about our experiences of being childless as men. We talked about how we grieve, cope and legacy. 
2/3 We also laughed, which feels so very important as we remember we are no less for being childless.
Watch at worldchildlessweek.net/thurs-17-2020/…
Watch at worldchildlessweek.net/thurs-17-2020/…
1/3 Yesterday @ChildlessWeek came to a beautiful close with pieces on acceptance and moving forward.
As I say in my piece, my acceptance isn't a straight line and that was clear last week as I unsuccessfully tried to balance fatigue, work and self-care,
As I say in my piece, my acceptance isn't a straight line and that was clear last week as I unsuccessfully tried to balance fatigue, work and self-care,
2/3and in the mix was shame which made it so difficult to pause. But I did pause yesterday, which was very helpful and I am looking at this week through a different frame. Acceptance, to me, is a series of steps, and sometimes they go backwards before I can go forward.
1/3 We are worthy was yesterday's theme for @ChildlessWeek. I am behind again, as yesterday I was trying to write whilst full of aching fatigue, possibly from COVID-19, layered on top of fatigue from burning out from not allowing myself to grieve sooner,
2/3 from a not having a safe space to grieve in.
This is why it is so important to find that self-acceptance and self-compassion that we are each worthy despite not being a dad or a mum. I am still getting there, I have days of feeling worthy, but also many without.
This is why it is so important to find that self-acceptance and self-compassion that we are each worthy despite not being a dad or a mum. I am still getting there, I have days of feeling worthy, but also many without.
3/3 I'll be reading these inspiring pieces soon to help me along my process. Thank you to all for sharing.
#ChildlessNotByChoice #Childless #Childlessness #InvoluntaryChildlessness #Grief #InvisibleGrief #Healing #Fatigue #SelfWorth #IAmWorthy #WorldChildlessWeek
#ChildlessNotByChoice #Childless #Childlessness #InvoluntaryChildlessness #Grief #InvisibleGrief #Healing #Fatigue #SelfWorth #IAmWorthy #WorldChildlessWeek
1. It’s #mentalhealthawarenessweek so I thought I’d share some of the results of a survey I did with just over 100 #childlessnotbychoice people last year for a project I was working on. #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2020. A thread.
2. Not that these results will be any surprise to those of us living with #involuntarychildlessness but judging by some comments I’ve seen on social media recently, they may be enlightening to certain other people.
3. 93% said they’d felt isolated or lonely socially as a result of their #childlessness.
