Lost voices: Losing our creativity to reclaiming our craft.
We're often told we should give up our creativity because it has no value. This is why we should ignore that...
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Laura
- May 2
- 4 min
In a world of despair, escapism is our greatest protection.
Whatever your escape is, don’t lose it to this world. The things that protect you are the things that free you.
Laura
- Apr 19
- 5 min
Anxiety and cycling: What really happens isn't on Strava...
(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...
Laura
- Feb 17
- 5 min
Paranoid road trip in a world of uncertainty
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...
Laura
- Dec 27, 2023
- 3 min
Why we weren't feeling it this year: Christmas said it all...
Why did so many of us feel underwhelmed with Christmas this year? A frank reflection.
Laura
- Dec 23, 2023
- 3 min
Insomnia at Christmas: You're not the problem...
Christmas. A time of chaos, obligation and long nights of insomnia. Long and short, it's not your fault...
Laura
- Dec 17, 2023
- 1 min
Social Anxiety Chat: What is Christmas like for people with Social Anxiety?
Social Anxiety Chat. In this episode, we’re going to be talking about what Christmas is really like for people with social anxiety.
Laura and Jon
- Dec 2, 2023
- 2 min
Social Anxiety Chat: What does social anxiety really mean?
Social Anxiety Chat is a new podcast about the complexities of social anxiety. Episode 1 looks at what social anxiety truly means.
Aunty Social World
- Dec 2, 2023
- 7 min
Farewell Twitter: Chatting with ex-Tweeters
From lifeline to lost community: Twitter's evolution to X. Former Tweeters bid their farewells.
Aunty Social World
- Nov 25, 2023
- 1 min
Wales Comic Con: An Aunty Social Story
Here is our very first Aunty Social World story. The one from when we went to Wales Comic Con...
Laura
- Nov 17, 2023
- 5 min
Boundary hunting in a world of demands
Too many of us are losing our own boundaries in this wild world of demands. That's why we need to become boundary hunters.
Laura
- Nov 13, 2023
- 6 min
Social anxiety: Lessons learnt from a weekend away.
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.
Laura
- Sep 22, 2023
- 4 min
People think we’re ok (because it’s easier)
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.
Laura
- Jul 19, 2023
- 1 min
Embrace the time that you have
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...
Laura
- Jun 22, 2023
- 5 min
Grave new world: Why we need to look at what social media is doing to us all.
Social media is affecting us all in some way. Its greatest protection is its culture of silence, denial and disinhibition
Laura
- May 19, 2023
- 8 min
Twitter addiction: An attention fuelled world that destroyed me.
My Twitter addiction began around three years ago. Since then it has destroyed me.
Laura
- May 12, 2023
- 8 min
Online communities are real: The dangers are real too.
Here we discuss the darker side of Twitter and why, despite the harassment, misogyny and unwanted attention, our online communities survive.
Aunty Social World
- May 1, 2023
- 6 min
Social anxiety: Why those of us who seek privacy often have the least.
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.
Aunty Social World
- Apr 22, 2023
- 5 min
Have you noticed the change? Twitter: The inside stories.
Twitter is changing, and so are its communities. In this series of articles, we talk to those who know the platform best. Its users.
Aunty Social World
- Apr 21, 2023
- 3 min
Blue Ticks are gone: The real reason why they're so angry
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.
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