The British pop star Lilly Allen recently underwent intensive therapy sessions in a bid to help her overcome the grief and anguish she has endured following the miscarriage of her baby. Allen lost her child in 2007 and has since struggled to properly come to terms with such a traumatic event. A miscarriage is any mother’s worst nightmare, although it would seem that it struck especially cruelly for Allen.
Allen condemned the UK paparazzi and media, claiming that whilst initially she was given some degree of public support and sympathy, it quickly curdled into the normal, unwelcome and thoroughly intrusive routine that she had fought so long to cope with. Determined not to allow her grief be exploited by the tabloid press, Allen sought to repress her feelings and kept a brave public face; an act that she herself admitted was a very tough thing to do and maintain. Her candidness in how she has been feeling as well as the path to recovery that she has pursued is nothing short of commendable. It is refreshing and humbling indeed to see a person triumph so remarkably over adversity and hardship.