I am going to write about something difficult It is possible that it might be triggering My apologies if it is … it is not my intent We are all grown ups and survivors and men. If you have spent any time on this site and participated in chat or read/written posts then you know … Continue reading Open Journal #37
Author: Steve Foster
Open Journal #36
I was talking to a fellow survivor the other day and i mentioned that i was exhausted after therapy, really wiped out, and for most of the next day i felt the effects. It just seemed weird to me, i mean basically i had sat and talked for two hours, it wasn’t like i had … Continue reading Open Journal #36
Open Journal #35
NB. I did consider not posting this entry because it is very specific to the survivor site it was originally written for. I only include it because my intent was to go public and not hide or edit anything. Learning how to navigate and discuss abuse was as much a part of the story as … Continue reading Open Journal #35
Open Journal #34
A two week hiatus. A pause. No therapist, time to ponder and reflect and think. Understand what I had experienced and how I felt about it. Process what I had learnt and try to understand the difference it has made. I had completed the equivalent of 6 months of therapy in a few weeks and … Continue reading Open Journal #34
Open Journal #33
This is going to be a slight change of tone, mostly because i am writing this from a place of rage. A couple of weeks ago i posted a journal entry and talked about a terrible week of things happening one after the other. I included this … … The next day, my friend in … Continue reading Open Journal #33
Open Journal #32.1 ~ 32.6
Open Journal #32.1 This could be Rotterdam or anywhere but it is actually Rotterdamthe first time i have ever been here alone no wife, friends or work colleagues i was married just there across the street and we lived over the other side of that square I have a thing about lying, i don’t like doing it, … Continue reading Open Journal #32.1 ~ 32.6
If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell?
Daily Writing prompt #14 I have done this and I would do it again. If that counts. If it were possible, I would do it in a different decade to the early 90’s that I chose. The first few years of my married life were spent abroad, and when we returned to the UK, the … Continue reading If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell?
Open Journal #31
Excited puppies and wet paint do not mix well. So my week has been spent moving from room to room and staying out the way of painters. Painters we had booked long ago before all this stuff happened. It has been a weird week of broken sleep and naps and writing and hiding away alone. … Continue reading Open Journal #31
Open Journal #30
It has been a week of things happening. A few weeks ago i called an aunt, my fathers sister and the last one standing of that generation, to see if she could throw any light on my childhood and me being placed into foster care as a baby. She died this week and i was … Continue reading Open Journal #30
What are you most excited about for the future?
Daily writing prompt #13 Dripping with sarcasm mode ::on:: I once heard someone say that the person who will live till 200 years old has already been born, medical advances will be so quick that this will be normal— fingers crossed. Getting to the shops via jetpack is long overdue —science bods need to get … Continue reading What are you most excited about for the future?
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