It took over a year of seeking help to get a diagnosis (Picture: Liv Williamson) As the IV was fitted, I saw the agony leave my husband Nigel’s face for the first time. Finally, after a year of seeking medical help, I thought maybe we were getting somewhere. But the next day, we were told […]
That moment, battered by the elements and yet more alive than ever, captured everything The Mothership was about (Picture: Felicity Ashely) The sky was a deep, angry grey as rain hammered down. We were somewhere mid-Atlantic, thousands of miles from land. My knuckles were white on the oars as I rowed, clinging to the last […]
30 Nov, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Therapists are begging you not to say these 4 phrases to your toxic parents
Therapy speak can do more harm than good at home (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Alright, show of hands – who here is in therapy because of their parents? If you didn’t raise your hand and haven’t ever thought of your parents’ behaviour as toxic, then congrats. But if you’re waving your arm in the air wildly […]
29 Nov, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Doctors said our toddler had tonsillitis — she needed emergency brain surgery
Harper’s parents knew something was seriously wrong (Picture: Jam Press/@hope.4.harper) In July this year, two-year-old Harper Gibson’s parents noticed that the toddler was a little more tired than usual and could tell that their little girl wasn’t ‘quite herself’. ‘It was tiny things that, at first, didn’t seem like much,’ her father, George, explains. ‘We […]
Mum Destiny Smith had never imagined that a family dinner gathering at Thanksgiving would mark the moment her two year-old daughter would begin a frightening journey that would leave doctors unsure whether she would survive. Friends and relatives had been happily hugging and kissing the toddler in the days beforehand, a habit Destiny had always […]
28 Nov, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
I took so much MDMA I’d forget to eat — addiction isn’t a badge of honour
Emily Tisshaw was hospitalised on numerous occasions due to her addiction (Picture: Metro/Emily Tisshaw) ‘Everyone needs to get addicted to one thing at least once in their life to prove to themselves that they can break an addiction,’ claimed comedian Rachel Sennott, during an episode of internet show, SubwayTakes. ‘Play with the fire,’ she adds. […]
27 Nov, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
How long you should wait to test for each STI after unprotected sex
Regular testing is vital (Picture: Getty Images) Beyond the risk of pregnancy, casual sex without a condom can open you up to a whole new (and not very pleasant) world of sexually transmitted diseases. Despite this, only 15% of Brits bought condoms last year, with the UK ranking 33rd out of 36 countries in a […]
27 Nov, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Give the gift of gut health this Christmas as Symprove launches huge sale
We’re all about gut health at Metro HQ. (Picture: Metro/SymproveGetty) Symprove is said to be the UK’s number one gut supplement, which promises to improve gut health, aid digestion and ease IBS symptoms. The liquid gut supplement has garnered quite the fan base as celebrities including Alexandra Burke, Frankie Bridge, Georgia Toffolo and Lisa Snowdon […]
27 Nov, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
My baby’s ordinary cold turned out to be the start of every parent’s nightmare
What began as a mild spring cold for little four month-old Melody soon unravelled into a life-changing crisis that her parents could never have imagined. Dorset-based Rachel-Elizabeth Hewitt and Kevin Aggett had taken their baby daughter to be checked after she went twelve hours without a wet nappy and her breathing began to grow shallow. […]
Mike suffered a sudden mental health crisis after no history of mental illness (Picture: Mike McAdam) Mike McAdam had always enjoyed good mental health until, at the age of 32, a sudden and all-consuming flood of depression hit him like a tsunami. ‘I had no history of mental health struggles and to this day I […]