Survival
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It wasn’t (just) what happened to you. It was the silence you had to keep. The silence you had to protect. The silence of the truth that could never be said. For Fridays Frosties. Keep the peace. Daddys not going to know about this. Daddys never here to love me like you doDaddys not able…
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Something happened to you Something happened to you..that wasnt your fault Something happened to you…that wasnt your fault….and you had to do something as a result that you cannot talk about. Something happened to you..that wasnt your fault…and you coped in life with self soothing strategies…that you cannot talk about either. Something happened to you….that…
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So, I didn’t commit suicide aged 9. But everything was pretty dark. I survived to tell the tale. To tell my story To be my story. What did I do? Age 9, in those dark moments? At the time, I remember thinking that something didn’t sit right. That something was that however ‘normal’ I was…
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I was ok It’ll be ok Ive always survived Ill get through this Another thing to get through Im ok But I wasnt I was hiding I was pretending to say things were ok Whilst parts of me were screaming and wanting me to face them But ill keep running or saying things will be…
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I was wondering a few months ago about whether there was any children story books written to help them see what domestic violence looks like, when it is against them, and by their parents. In Lindsay Gibsons book she refers to the many children stories of old that regail of how children survive and thrive,…
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Dont you start playing victim! (because that’s the role I have in mind for myself) I cant cope with… what youve just said, what youve just done…. (you’re expected to alleviate me, not challenge me, you’re supposed to soothe things…) You just need to take more responsibility (thats interesting, because ultimately, I’m taking all…
James Ballantyne 