Tony Cassidy

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She's Leaving Home , But how it feels to be Left Behind ?

It was the butter mountain and the Milk Lake , the hit, as she opened The Fridge .

There was no One there to use it up; they were a reminder of all she had lost.

If she has A Son , devouring his body weight in cereal out of The House , you start to measure, your Life is in milk bags.

you need to stop catering for a hungry teenager. Life will never be the Same all the.

Like thousands of other Parents , this Belfast mother waved to her son to University in Scotland.

you want to remain anonymous to protect his identity, or, perhaps, of your recording, you found his departure so difficult.

children to leave the Home is a backpack, it is with mixed feelings

His father took him on the ferry, and remained at Home , Hinch manages the cleaning guru's wife.

rubber gloves on, she moved in for The Kill .

"I thought it would be a great opportunity to be in the bedroom, and give it a really good clean," She Said .

"I took the old socks and T-shirts, I turned The Room upside down.

"Then I stood back and I thought That as soon as they were gone the smell of dirty socks and empty crisp bags, it his room was. "

she was surprised at how the sorrow they met.

Gordon Ramsay confessed That he was gutted when his son left Home for the University of

Empty nest Syndrome - a combination of loneliness and sadness when your children leave The House - strikes by thousands of Parents every year. not to be

TV chef Gordon Ramsay -averse, and people, as well as vegetables a good roasting - shot marshmallow soft when he spoke about his son, Jack, to leave The House for College.

In an interview, he said he was surprised That he pitted me"".

He admitted That after his son was gone, he went into Jack's room, found a pair of his pants and put them on.

Claire Sheeran with your greyhound, Rosie

Claire Sheeran knows everything about empty nest Syndrome .

"I was a single mother of almost before she was born and she was my everything," She Said .

"After 19 years, I was not prepared for That , as you leave would have an impact on me. "

The Mother , from County Antrim , said he met her on the way back to the ferry after leaving her daughter at the University of Liverpool.

"I was okay until I said to the M2 motorway And Then I cried my eyes out," She Said .

'Just Me and The Dog '

The sheer force of grief proved to be unexpectedly.

"I don't know what my role was," She Said . "It was Just Me and The Dog at Home .

"The House felt empty and I brought The Dog sleep in my Bed - That 's the way it is since. "

she knew That she needed to reach to your friends and you will find your own interests.

And she sought solace in the oft-quoted words of the poet Kahlil Gibran : "your children are not your children. Are you longing for the sons and daughters of Life itself. "

This empty nester took in Chinese students who had nowhere to go during The Holidays

Celia Dodd so much Experience of the empty nest Syndrome , she wrote a book about it.

"When my son first left, I was really destroyed on the ground, you feel like you have lost a part of you," She Said .

"It was hard, with each and every individual. Is not it easier to. "

The Journalist and mother of three, said people do not talk about, the emptiness and fathers often don't talk about how you are affected equally.

"I spoke with a man who was leaving on The Day of his daughter, for the University," She Said .

"He said:" What I feel is That you will never be With Us in the Same way again". "

One Piece of advice is to recognize That the parent-child change in relationships

The author said she missed the casual chats with your children.

In the early days of the "empty nest", the Chinese students who had nowhere to go during The Holidays took.

they grew tomatoes and volunteered in a homeless shelter.

"It tided over me," She Said . "I had all these nurses with nowhere to go to. "

Growing tomatoes was an outlet for the care of The Children on the left

your advice is to recognize That the parent-child change in relationships, then the focus shifts to what you want.

she writes about How To navigate That change, and how adult children Parents - still need to But in a different way.

Tony Cassidy , professor of child and family Health Psychology at the University of Ulster University , said That while "Empty Nest" Syndrome was a clinical diagnosis, it is generally accepted That , if The Children leave The House , the Parents - especially Mothers - Experience a feeling of sadness, loss, depression, loneliness, Stress, and even a loss of meaning and purpose in Life .

Prof Cassidy said That Mothers are more likely to Experience these emotions.

"The problem is That it is often with other Life Changes such as onset of menopause, the breakdown of the marriage, loss of their own Parents .

"Many women sacrifice their own career for the family, and This Time , it is a sudden realization of emptiness in Life , lack of purpose in Life . "

He said: "empty nest" more likely to happen later, the Life for many people as women with children later in Life and children at Home longer.

"the average age of The Children leave The House these days is 26," he said.

"The problem with the diagnosis and the treatment That it can be confused is likely to occur with the menopause, and are not recognized, a Problem, need help or support in his own right. "

The Dog suffered, and through The House looking for his missing pal

It is clear, empty nest Syndrome affects many Parents in a variety of ways.

And it seems That family Pets can also be affected.

"The Dog , The longing was, according to him," said the Belfast native. "He searched the whole house, for him to cry.

"He stood at the door waiting for The Return of The Beloved , and when he came Home , The Dog ran around like crazy in a circle. "

No Doubt , she was (to do privately) the Same .

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Source of news: bbc.com