In counselling I got to discuss and explore some skeletons I had kept in my cupboard for years, like how my mother has never been maternal towards me, and how I think she blames me for her marrying my father as she was pregnant with me at the time. There is a big age gap between my sister and I [...]
I met my man on an online dating website which my friend insisted I join, I had felt as if my life was so messed up and in crisis, that no one would want me as i came with too much baggage, how wrong I was. I met my fella, he too had a terrible time of things in the [...]
When my family turned against me My ex was found guilty of sexually abusing my daughter and I moved out of the house into rented accommodation as the house belonged to his parents, his mother stood by him and told us all to leave. The change of environment didn't change things, the nightmare still went on. Though I was now [...]
Sexually abused by Dad Everyone left at around 10pm leaving my ex, my children and myself in the home, i took the two youngest children to bed, my eldest son followed us up the stairs. I went to bed leaving my ex and my eldest daughter downstairs alone, all of a sudden i was awoken abruptly by the bedroom light [...]
Alcohol and Abuse went hand in hand I was a married woman with four children, two boys and two girls my ex and myself were hard workers bringing up our children in what I can't say a happy home as such, but we did have some good times. My ex had always had a temper and this did reflect on [...]
Talking to the group My final piece of the jigsaw to come out of the box was for me to see the pain of being a birth mother. This was done in a way which allowed me to see my pain and finally acknowledge how I felt about it. The group were a mixed bunch of men and women who [...]