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Anon Imperfect Mum
I found out that he’s been cheating our entire relationship. Years and years together and kids. All different women. I’m completely and entirely destroyed. I built my life with this man. I loved him with everything I had, and he never even liked me. I don’t want to be here anymore. I fear I’m...
Anon Imperfect Mum
How was I so blind to how toxic he was and how bad he treated me for so long? How did I not see it? 15 years he treated me like absolute sh*t, and I was just so blind to it. Then he had this way of manipulating me and having me think it was all my fault and getting me to apologise for his actions...
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Is there any way to stop vomiting when you get nervous? If I'm in a situation that makes me nervous I'll get shocking nausea, I'll start to shake all over then vomiting. I'm usually okay after I vomit but I dont want it to happen. I've tried breathing ect. And even antiemetics but it doeant help.

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This is a FAQ post. These are the most popular answers to a real question asked on The Imperfect Mum. A bit of a hard question to put into words. Lately I’m feeling like i’m now just “his wife” and “her mother” – I’m feeling like I’ve lost who I used to be. I used to be a fairly social independant woman and now I feel as though I have somehow been robbed of my independance. I have an 8 month old...
Sometimes we mums are our own worst enemy… I’m beating myself up at the moment, without any help from anyone else! (So talented right?) *rolls eyes* I was catching up with a couple of beautiful mums this morning – we had a bunch of kids between us all who were happily playing in the playground while we spoke. One of the children came up to her mum, with the usual “I’m hungry” complaint, and the...
There has been many discussions on I.M about beauty, women feeling like they are not beautiful. Women feeling like they’re not enough. And, this worries me. So, what makes you beautiful? Aesthetically you may rate as as 4 or a 10? Who knows? And yes I would be lying if I said that aesthetics don’t come into play. They do. However, I have seen really aesthetically pleasing people that are just not...
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