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I’m in my forties…
Hi, I’m Ivy. I’m in my forties and recently moved to Adelaide under difficult circumstances. I’m catching up with people that I used to know from the country who got out of town many years ago. It’s weird seeing people who you used to party with over twenty years ago. A lot of health problems Read more
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Walking on broken glass…
Years ago, when my son was quite young, he was not the sortof child that would naturally listen to his parents and do what he was told. He needed to understand why something was important and haverespect for the person in authority who was directing his behaviour. I think this is because of autism and Read more
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Are we the baddies?
Have you ever spoken to an English person of a certain class, felt absolutely crestfallen after your encounter but unable to respond to a direct attack? So it is with policy. They wanted to wipe Aboriginal out but they didn’t want to be too obvious. Because if they marched over one hundred thousand people into… Read more
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We’re all confused…
Moving to Adelaide is like time travel into the future. Country life is much more conservative, even today. When I was young I lived in Port Augusta in the 80’s. There were girls toilets and boys toilets. It was not ok to be gay. And if a man wanted to wear a dress and a Read more
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I wear my sunglasses at night…
Last night I took my olanzapine. It is an antipsychotic medication that has a sedative effect. I slept for fifteen hours and still feel drowsy. I look at some neon orange underwear purchased recently with distan but am aware that I thought it was an excellent purchase at the time and suited my mood a Read more
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Resilient characters…
I’m from the country and I’ve lived there for most of my life. Back in my town people know me. They just know that I get a bit excited, that I can be the life of the party, tell jokes, light up the room, be really charismatic and fun. My workmates at my old office Read more