That's fair enough, navigation can be daunting when you're travelling far from home. If you ever decide to go, I can totally vouch for Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia as places were I felt safe and found easy to navigate (however, I was with my boyfriend when I was travelling so probably would have had the same…

Travelling is always great so yes do it! However, if you're on a budget then how about somewhere less expensive than Europe, like South East Asia?

Oh my lordy, those poor doggies :(.

Yes! I wish they had included alternatives like the ones you mention in the article, instead of saying 'oh it's cruel let's feel bad but there's nothing we can do about it'. Much better to give people some ideas of alternatives that might work.

Awesome, congrats on getting the love feelings - they are so nice. When I noticed I was falling in love with mr omelette, i started being tempted to tell him when we were cuddling at night. I just felt the urge to tell him, and it was growing every day. Once he noticed that my heart was beating faster when I was…

I can't wait. I once saw Benedict cumberbatch in real life - he was leaving an art exhibition just as I was entering it. He was with a lady. I wish it got more interesting than that but that is the end of my story!

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.