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Im learning courage Not the courage to climb, to fight or to be successful Not the courage to be disliked, or happy But the courage to listen to the frightened parts of me The courage to love those parts The parts of me I hid away The part of me that hid away those parts…
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I think I’m being abused I said Tentatively Because, I was scared to say it out loud Because, I didn’t want to admit it Because, I thought I’d be responsible for the abuse Because, it was always my fault Because, i couldn’t be abused, I’m male I think I’m being abused Is that a possibility?…
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We all do this, in whatever we do and however we are. As I am writing job application forms at the moment, I realise that I have an employment trail, and also a trail of where I have interacted with people, young people, my employers, stakeholders, churches, organisations and communities, as well as in personal…
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I realised this week that I’ve been able to breathe for 2 years now, these were the first two years I’d been able to breathe in my whole life I remember when I walked into the flat 25 months ago and being emotional in front of the estate agent. Realising that this was going to…
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(More than as as society we would want to admit) Culturally we have a problem with admitting and accepting that birth mothers are abusive. Its bad enough trying to go against the myth that they couldn’t be loving, kind and supportive. Abusive fathers feature in films, books and TV series. I noted one the other…
James Ballantyne 