Yip! After being in the shower for about 10 minutes, so my skin is prepped, and then just get some oil and rub it on the area. Sweet almond oil is very cheap too. Hope it helps!

Thank you all for your replies, they are all really helpful. Now I am going to download cold turkey and put Jezebel on my block list and get down to work!

You could also try out shaving with oil like sweet almond oil. I think my skin can only handle once a week, any more than that and it gets irritated.

That's great advice, I'll try that out - thank you!

You're right about the library- on the days I stay at home, I end up lounging around and not getting anything done while when I force myself to go to the library I'm a bit better. I still manage to waste time by taking my time getting settled into work though - I think I need to use a website blocker on top of that.…

You poor thing, it sounds like you feel really bad about it. How about getting the cat a kitty advent calendar and the owner a human advent calendar?

Does anybody have any advice on completing a masters thesis? At the moment I am trying to juggle working 3 days a week, collecting data for my research and starting to write up (it requires a long introduction that my course are expecting me to hand in before Christmas). On my days off I promise myself I'll be…

I think you're talking about EMDR, which is effective. Psychologists using evidence based treatments tend to use narrative exposure therapy, trauma focussed cognitive behavioural therapy or EMDR. Like one of the others said above, there is normally three phases - a psycho education and symptom management phase where…

amen. And jimmy are awesome.

You're welcome! Good luck, hope they say yes!

I'm doing it with my boyfriend at the moment - said cat is currently having a nap beside me. We decided to hide the cat from the landlord because in the past when we asked landlords, they said a straight out 'no', so this time we thought it would be better not to ask at all so their suspicions wouldn't be raised.…

Clarks are definitely the most comfortable shoes - enjoy!

I know exactly what you mean! I like Aziz's other jokes, but any types of jokes making fun of abuse are just not funny. Doesn't he realise that there will probably be at least one person in the audience who has experienced these things in the past?

Agreed.

Sounds like one of Aziz Ansari's modern ghosts - the ones that wake you up in the middle of the night asking for your wifi password!

Youtube exercise videos (like Mari Winsor pilates)? Insanity workouts? The seven minute workout?

I was a bit of a late bloomer - I didn't have my first relationship until I was almost 22. My friends all were either in relationships or had plenty of experience, and would make me feel bad about it by saying that I didn't 'get' what they were going through with their relationships. It made me so insecure that the…

What a lovely skirt! Good luck with the guy and let us know how it goes.

Oh yeah, and I found pilates and the insanity workouts useful on in between days for building up my leg muscles and core!

Sorry to hear about the cyst - that must have been scary! Glad to hear you're better now.