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Stephen Meesham survived years of abuse in children’s care homes in Wales and already testified to these events before. What the public didn’t know at the time was that Meesham and other witnesses to the first set of public enquiries were censored and not allowed to discuss any acts of abuse that took place off-site…
Link – Preparing for the worst, doesn’t prepare you for the worst.
The problem with this is, that I spend so much time figuring out how to deal with the bad that could happen, that it becomes exhausting. It causes anxiety, stress, worry, and takes up so much time that it’s mentally and physically draining. So if something bad does happen, I have less energy to work the problem…
Sharing – 71% of UK men have experienced some form of sexual victimization by a woman
But then I got to thinking. I’ve talked about being a sexual abuse survivor and how it was a male who abused me. What I haven’t talked about and haven’t considered for myself because the incidents are overshadowed by the years of sexual abuse are the occasions when I was sexually victimized without my consent by women.
Link – Antidepressants work, so why do we shame people for taking them?
Sadly, this is all too real for the many, many people who have had to take anti-depressants, including myself. It’s been awhile since I was taking them, but I heard all of this stuff too, and more: “Newspaper reports, well-meaning advice, punditry of all sorts. At some deep level, we seem to want people to…
Link – Been Traumatized? Here’s How PTSD Rewires the Brain
When we picture the disorder, we often see a returned soldier, usually male, wrestling with emotional scars from the battlefield. In reality, one out of every nine suffers is female. Women are twice as likely to experience PTSD as men. Child abuse, sexual assault, rape, a physical attack, and being a part of or witnessing…
Dugard kidnappers formally sentenced overnight, Survivor’s book out in July
It’s not just British courts that hand out life sentences on Fridays. The kidnappers of Jaycee Lee Dugard had their widely reported sentences of 431 years (to “life”) for Philip Garrido and 36 years for his wife formalised overnight (this morning to UK readers). Dugard’s victim impact statement was read by her mother, with further…
