Emotional abuse
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The first time I saw the dementors in JK Rowlings Harry Potter, I knew what that feeling was like. The moment when I’m in a room and the life and energy has been sucked out of it. It often only takes one person to do it. They might be outwardly charismatic – but the attention…
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Maybe I was going to realise this eventually. For all that I have described the details of the abuse I suffered. What if it was just me. What if it was just me, and my family who suffered and experienced the monster. Our Monster. Because, its very likely isnt it? Thats the game they play…
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I had built it up over the weekend, tried to put it off, thought it, over thought it, woke up thinking about it, not been able to sleep thinking about if its the right decision was about to make. Then I realised that it wasnt that it was about the ‘right decision’ It was about…
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They know that they aren’t liked They know that they need to use other people to get people to do things for them They know that they cant take responsibility They know that when they write to you So, they write with only wanting to win or get something from you in mind. Therefore: What…
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We are all together alone, and these are just wishes, and I am just dreaming Perfect Place, Voice of the Beehive 1991 That was one of my favourite songs as a young teenager. I still have the cassette tape. Something clearly resonated. A song that said something about being together, and alone. Thats what my…
James Ballantyne 