Tim Dowling: ‘Here are your dignity shorts,’ the nurse says. ‘I’ll leave you to pop those on’

When conversation turns to the spirit realm, I normally feel excluded, because I have nothing to contribute. Not any more. Not after a recent trip to the hospital

From knitting to BDSM: readers on where to find a sense of community

As people distance themselves from organised religion, we asked you about your communities and what they mean

My mother is a hypochondriac and has tantrums like a toddler

I find it hard to cope with her behaviour but I put up with it because I can’t bear the guilt trips. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader

Five apps to help social media addicts fight Fomo

Some teens are glued to social media feeds, and research suggests it’s causing anxiety and sleeplessness, but there are ways of taking back control

Women’s breasts can be sexual and feed babies – pretty basic really

A mother asked to stop breastfeeding – in a hospital – is not alone in being shunned for this most natural act

Isle of Man public pool pays woman £2,000 in breastfeeding row

Victoria Hodgson claims staff complained about indecency and nudity while pool says she risked safety of her other children

What I’m really thinking: the birth mother

At school, friends’ mothers told me I had done the right thing, while their daughters stared, unable to think of anything to say

‘If you don’t talk, it doesn’t work’: how sport can help autistic people

The intrinsic importance of social skills in sport means it can be a more effective approach than traditional therapies to improve social skills, anxiety - and bring many other benefits besides

The embryo rule shows how much our leaders can learn from science

Researchers want to reassess the 14-day limit, but this will happen only after a sensitive and wide-ranging ethical discussion

Tim Dowling: the band’s back on the road – and the talk turns to health

‘In a band containing so many men of a certain age, it’s hard to own an illness; someone else will have had it worse than you’