Aunty Social World

When you see a post from someone who has made it to a far-off land, these stories often show the destination but rarely share the journey.

We're often told we should give up our creativity because it has no value. This is why we should ignore that...

Whatever your escape is, don’t lose it to this world. The things that protect you are the things that free you.

(Update: Since publishing this blog post I have been diagnosed with asthma.) I was around five miles from home but I didn’t know whether...

It’s 5-something-am on another howling day in the depths of winter. The world is hitting out hard right now. We’re on a paranoid road...

Why did so many of us feel underwhelmed with Christmas this year? A frank reflection.

Christmas. A time of chaos, obligation and long nights of insomnia. Long and short, it's not your fault...

Social Anxiety Chat is a new podcast about the complexities of social anxiety. Episode 1 looks at what social anxiety truly means.

From lifeline to lost community: Twitter's evolution to X. Former Tweeters bid their farewells.

Here is our very first Aunty Social World story. The one from when we went to Wales Comic Con...

Too many of us are losing our own boundaries in this wild world of demands. That's why we need to become boundary hunters.

Sometimes, we need to laugh or else we'd cry. A story and lessons of social anxiety, being away from home and what happened this weekend.

In a world where we are expected to mask, it is all too easy for people to think that we are ok when we're not.

When someone has touched our lives, it doesn’t matter how long it has been since you were last in contact. Hearing that they have passed...

Social media is affecting us all in some way. Its greatest protection is its culture of silence, denial and disinhibition

My Twitter addiction began around three years ago. Since then it has destroyed me.

Here we discuss the darker side of Twitter and why, despite the harassment, misogyny and unwanted attention, our online communities survive.

Those of us who are autistic or live with social anxiety have a great need for privacy, but we are often left with the least.

Twitter is changing, and so are its communities. In this series of articles, we talk to those who know the platform best. Its users.

The Blue Ticks are gone. Twitter's elite are up in arms. But who are they angry at? It's not Elon Musk. It's you.