Over on BBC Radio for the next three weeks, you can listen to the 5 part series of Alan Cumming reading from his very personal memoir about his relationship with an abusive father, named Not My Father’s Son. There are also links to support services in the UK listed with each episode. If you’re interested…
It’s not necessarily about childhood abuse, but i found the story of Mackey Sasser, a catcher with the New York Mets who’s career ended after he simply couldn’t throw the ball any longer highly interesting. It wasn’t until much later in life that he saw a specialist in the physical effects of childhood trauma that…
First off, a public apology. It’s been a few months since Lynne Rowland was kind enough to send me a copy of her novel The Gnosis of the Salmon but work, life, and everything in between drew my attention away from you know, actually reading it. So, Lynne, I’m sorry it has taken so long…
The name of this particular survivor memoir is in reference to tiny people made out of toilet paper, who the author created, and made up personalities and lives for. These people became her friends, and a source of support, while she was living a childhood of horror, terror and physical abuse at the hands of…
Over at the Psych Central website, they’ve started up a blog party in support of World Mental Health Day, World Mental Health Day is promoted by the World Health Organization to help raise awareness about mental health issues. The day promotes open discussion of mental disorders, and what the world’s governments and health organizations are…
From the 1 in 6 website, quotes from guys who have arrived on the other side. Because survivors need to know that healing is possible, and that they are not alone in getting there!
