It was 2011, and after a few visits to my psychiatrist, the unbelievable happened. I was taken to the treatment room, and physically examined, where he exposed my genitals, examining me around them. All I can remember was, please don’t touch me. I didn’t try to stop him, and looking back, the guilt and disgust […]
Alive, thriving, not just surviving
As difficult as this is to read, it was even more difficult to write. However, with the help of SurvivorsUK I am pleased to say that I have regained ownership of my destiny and more importantly, my LIFE! It’s over 20 years ago that I found myself in a situation that was about to turn […]
Never be ashamed to talk…
Life has only just began for me…20 years I guess since it occurred. I never spoke about it until November 2018. Some say I may have lost relationships, jobs and houses but in truth I gave it all away by not talking. I’m a 6ft boxer, in a loving relationship now with E.- she has […]
Silence for the silenced
A year ago we were thinking of fundraising ideas and reminiscing about school sponsored silences and dogeared forms which got squashed banana on them in the bottom of your school bag before the days of JustGiving. And then we thought, of course, 26 hours of silence to mirror the 26 years of silence which is […]
It wasn’t my fault
I was 14 years old, I was a cheeky and mischievous young teenager, I never thought in a million years that it would happen to me, I always saw it in the news and I would just avoid listening to it or reading it because it was too horrible, but you never know that it […]