First person
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Out of prison and trying to go straight
How easy is it to go straight after a life spent in and out of prison? Here is the record of Paul Johnston over two years as he attempts to put his criminal past behind him
Living with chronic fatigue syndrome
A first person account of how one young woman lost her teenage years to ME
Are twins a recipe for marital breakup?
A new report suggests having twins can destroy a relationship. One mother begs to differ . . .
'I have never known anyone who exuded so much hope'
When Emily Levick developed ME, a blogging community of fellow sufferers became a lifeline. Her closest online friend was Lynn Gilderdale, whose mother was last week cleared of her attempted murder
Why Italy's mamma's boys can't cut the ties
More than half of Italians aged 18 to 34 still live at home. One 'bamboccione' who lives with his parents explains why
Left heartbroken by my ex, I moved to a monastery
Months of Zen meditation turned my life around
My brain abscess and me
I had no idea I had a potentially fatal infection. Now I am lucky to be alive
I'm one of America's new homeless
Brianna Karp lost her job, is broke and is now living in a trailer – but she's not beaten yet
My Gypsy childhood
Roxy Freeman never went to school. But at the age of 22, she decided to get a formal education, forcing her to face up to the prejudices that blight her Gypsy community – and to shackle her wandering spirit
First person: A head injury robbed me of eight years of my life
After an accident, Tim Beckett found the simplest tasks impossible
First person: My condition means people always assume I'm drunk
First person: Jayne Wallace on how her condition makes people assume she's drunk
The end of our Italian dream
Sunshine, amazing views, their own olive grove - Cathy Rogers and her family had an enviable new life in Italy. So why did it feel as if something was missing?
I am facing 21 years in jail for a crime I didn't commit
I was convicted of kidnapping. I didn't even know what the word meant
I have diabetes and an eating disorder
A doctor told me I had one of the deadliest combinations he'd ever seen - diabetes and an eating disorder
I was buried alive in a shamanic ritual
How my life was changed by being buried in Mother Earth for a night, by Nicholas Taylor
I am following my birth father on Facebook
I have never met my birth father, but now I am following his every move on Facebook
'After losing my hair I was bullied. Then I got counselling and a wig. Now I plan to become a hairdresser'
First person: Because I lost my hair I was bullied. Then I decided to become a hairdresser
After my Polish grandmother died, I did not speak her native language for 40 years
My grandmother taught me Polish. After she died, I would not speak it. Then, 40 years later, my childhood language resurfaced
My wife has had five miscarriages. But we are still determined to have another child
First person: Secondary infertility is a neglected condition but the emotional pain is always there, says Monty Munford
'I worked with sex offenders because I wanted to help them, but I began suspecting every man'
First person: Helen Fitzgerald decribes her time working with sex offenders, and the impact the job had on her
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