Philippa Perry @pperry - Bluesky Profile

I Haven’t Gone No Contact But my mother's behaviour may drive me to it

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10.02.2026 07:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Estrangement, apology, and knowing when enough is enough The limits of reconciliation

08.02.2026 07:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I Hate My Job Is this self-sabotage?

A man hates the job he’s always wanted. Should he power through or change direction👇

27.01.2026 08:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

She Was a Terrible Friend so why can't I get over losing her? On repetition, unfinished emotional business, and the strange grief of releasing someone who never really saw you

25.01.2026 07:56 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

“I Love My Daughter. I Don’t Recognise Her Anymore.” A mother writes about ideology, identity, and watching a child drift away—and what love looks like when you can’t intervene.

20.01.2026 07:52 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Parents Behaving Very Badly You Can't Change Them! You Can Only Change Your Own Behaviour

Parents behaving badly

28.12.2025 14:44 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Understanding a Sensitive Child’s Big Feelings Children's emotional outbursts

23.12.2025 07:35 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"Doing a Geographical" When You Have a Very Strong Desire to Move House!

D’you ever have a really strong desire to move house? What’s that about then? Article, Doing a Geographical, free to read, join the conversation on Substack

21.12.2025 08:35 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Christmas, and trying to please everyone The struggle of the blended family

19.12.2025 07:44 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Not that you need any help but…

17.12.2025 17:21 — 👍 34 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 1

Being Estranged From Your Child The Parental Cost of "No-Contact"

14.12.2025 08:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Is Anything Just Fate? How we make meaning in the space between circumstance and choice

10.12.2025 18:15 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Dreading Mother-in-law's Xmas visit Goodwill to all Women

08.12.2025 13:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Until it comes to every woman being rated on her attractiveness!!!!

07.12.2025 22:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Eric Ambler!!!! Listening now

07.12.2025 08:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ask Philippa: I Can’t Get a Partner Looking beyond dating “advice” to the deeper emotional patterns shaping who we choose and who chooses us.

07.12.2025 08:35 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Is 64 too old to leave? I've told him I'm unhappy and nothing changes.

03.12.2025 08:16 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you very much @marielouisespp.bsky.social for this fab sounding surprise book mail of Shrink Solves Murder by @pperry.bsky.social coming from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social Hutchinson Heinemann in May 2026

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29.11.2025 14:38 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Why do I want to return to my abuser? Trauma bonds explained

30.11.2025 09:13 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

A - Z of D.I.V.O.R.C.E. Fun fun fun

26.11.2025 19:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

When Your Partner is Still Close to his Ex Sometimes jealousy is less about the present moment and more about an old fear being touched

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18.11.2025 07:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

When you have had enough of everyone else's shit! Midlife gear change needed

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16.11.2025 08:05 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My mum hurts my feelings and How do I find love in my sixties? Two problems to mull over

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13.11.2025 11:08 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have a good life and yet I still don't think that I'm enough The examined life and the anxiety that comes with it

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09.11.2025 08:12 — 👍 137 🔁 13 💬 11 📌 2

Should I Stay or Should I go? What do you think? Let me know in the comments.

You really want to leave your marriage, your husband after some rocky times has now stepped up, you have two small children. How do you make this decision??? What you want and your “duty” are at odds. Free to read.

26.10.2025 07:16 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1