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These news items are generated and published by Macmillan's Online Community Team. In this section you’ll find some posts written by the Online Community team in partnership with our Cancer Information Development team. We also feature personal stories from our members.

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  • Changing Seasons - Online Community cancer support in 2022.

    Summer is often thought of as a time associated with holidays and celebration, Autumn can be more of a time of reflection and transition.

    As the cold weather closes in and we all face the dreaded prospect of turning the heating on (given the current cost of living crisis), we’re wondering how you’re all feeling? Are you ready to start reflecting on 2022 yet? Or is it too early for all that?

    In today’s Community…

  • Breaking down the barriers and blushes

    Last week we published the ‘why do I feel so guilty?’ blog exploring why we may feel guilty when living with, or being affected by cancer. Today we are talking about embarrassment because it’s often a feeling many people experience when it comes to talking about your body.

    On the Online Community, we often see members posting about how embarrassed they feel to talk about parts of their body with friends…

  • 'Why do I feel so guilty?'

    Guilt - one of the most confusing and hard to understand emotions out there. Sometimes, we can feel guilty without quite knowing exactly what we are feeling guilty about. Guilt can also feel like a very irrational emotion. Sometimes we know that what we are feeling guilty about isn’t our fault, yet it can still be hard to shake that feeling of guilt.

    Whenever anything big happens in our lives, we can feel lots…