Deirdre Geraghty

I was thinking yesterday that time and again I was told “pull yourself together “ “there’s no mental illness in our family “ “what are you doing in a place like this “. “sort yourself out, we can’t help with your son anymore “ and “if you put your mind to it you could stop doing that “ when l was shuffling from one foot to the other or rocking back and forth “you could stop doing that if you put your mind to it”. I have ended up feeling very sensitive about it.