Is It All in Your Head? by Suzanne O'Sullivan

Author:Suzanne O'Sullivan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Other Press
Published: 2017-01-17T05:00:00+00:00

Yvonne married at the age of twenty. She stated that she was very happy to be married although it did come with some sacrifices for her, first her job and later her home town. Her husband Gerald, who has very traditional values, had been strongly opposed to her continuing to work and keen to start a family straightaway. Yvonne had reservations about having children at such a young age, but when her first child, Maire, was born, they bonded well. The rapidity of the subsequent pregnancies was dictated by Gerald. Yvonne stated that she “had difficulty saying no to Gerald.”

Since her husband worked long hours, Yvonne brought the children up largely alone, but felt great self-worth in doing so and describes herself as having an excellent relationship with each of her children. Gerald was a good supporter of the family and Yvonne regards herself as comfortably off. She is very proud of each of the children but saddened at the partial estrangement of Maire, who has fallen out with her father.

Yvonne states that she has a happy marriage, although other statements suggest that this is dependent on her giving way to Gerald’s opinion. Yvonne’s supermarket job was a great source of tension in the home and partially responsible for Maire’s fractured relationship with her father. Gerald felt the job was demeaning and unnecessary whilst Maire encouraged Yvonne to take the position.

Yvonne’s accident at work resulted in an argument at home. Gerald was called away from work to come to the hospital to collect his wife. When he learned what had happened he insisted that she resign from her job instantly. Yvonne, whose vision was not affected in the immediate aftermath of the incident, tried to plead otherwise. Gerald phoned Yvonne’s employer and offered her resignation. Later that evening the argument became moot when Yvonne discovered she had lost her vision.

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