Catching up with the final story from the end of last year, a paedophile who was captured when the police reversed the angle of a shop sign in one of his child abuse images was sentenced to six years in Lincoln, England. The Daily Mirror has the story here.
I liked what Arien has to say in this video, because this is one of the largest hurdles survivors run in to when it comes to healing from abuse, putting it in the proper perspective. “Abuse strips us of the ability to feel safe in this world. We were shown the darkest sides of humanity,…
It’s not difficult to imagine how believing the things that you are told during an emotionally abusive childhood would create mental health struggles in adulthood. This is true for many of us: The words they spoke still linger in my mind to this day. The feelings of worthlessness, sadness, pain and shame are all still…
One of the struggles that I had as an abuse survivor, and one that I know other survivors have talked about, is defining who we are. Take everyone else away, remove all the ways we define ourselves based on our relationships with others – son, daughter, spouse, brother, sister, parent, coworker, friend, employee, boss, etc.
Who are you? As I often say, when you’re too busy trying to survive the chaos of an abusive childhood, you don’t get the guidance that would help figure this out. So we exist in these relationships with family, friends, and romantic partners, and we don’t know who we are outside of how they see us.
Local DJ staying awake for a week to raise awareness about child abuse tags: CA ChildAbuse One in three Canadian adults has experienced child abuse: study tags: CA ChildAbuse Watch for signs to prevent child abuse tags: CA ChildAbuse Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Last weekend another international paedophile ring sharing child abuse images was cracked with the help of forces across the world and in particular two FBI Arrests in Massachussetts and Kansas. These eventually led to another arrest in The Netherlands due to a toy rabbit which was merchandise from a hit children’s book series in Holland. In total, 43 men have…
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead is a downbeat but straightforward British gangster revenge movie with none of the America-friendly cheeky-Cockney-chappie charm of any of Guy Ritchie’s films. Since it’s from the director of Get Carter, what appears straightforward soon becomes multilayered and complicated. Mike Hodges reunites to direct Clive Owen, who broke through in Hodges’…
