There are many things I will overlook. There are things I will make allowances for. I don’t mind if we don’t share the same taste in music. I don't insist that you have the same political views.
Tag: male sexual abuse
One Thousand Words
Violence does more to you than bruise. It breaks your resolve. It reduces your self-worth to a whisper. The unseen consequences of rage are a crushed and broken sense of yourself.
Navigate ourselves
I do not wish to tread on toes, trespass on turf, piss on any bonfires and I certainly understand where you are coming from. However, can we just shatter a few illusions, debunk a few theories, dispel a few myths and while we are it, puncture a few balloons?
Down a spiral rabbit hole with C-PTSD
A comment was made in my hearing recently: “The thing is, they don't realise that PTSD never goes away. It just carries on.” I have C-PTSD, which is Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
We are not what they did to us in the dark
Not any more. We are more than that. We do not inhabit a beige world; we are purple and orange. I don't even remember who taught me that line. ‘We are not what they did to us in the dark.’
Is that a euphemism in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?
oral sex. sucking cock. blow job. blowie. going down. giving head. fellatio. sloppy toppy. nosh. hummer. gob job. lip service. gobble. suck off. swallow a sword. oral gratification. that act.
Staying In Neutral
In the last week of my father's life, he lingered. Like that party guest who just needs one more drink, he hung around and would not give up the ghost. Or simply become one.
Standing in the Spaces In-Between
Without much effort, mainly because we have to, because necessity is the mother of invention, we get on and do what’s needed. Most of us only realise later what we’ve done. Maybe we never really give it a name.
What’s a lesson you’ve learned recently that shifted your perspective?
i shouldn’t answer these but now i have seen it i want to. i like dipping my toe in the inkwell of truthI experienced this moment In a room with two men and i have never felt so safe and nurtured There was this moment where i understood it was ok to tell them anything … Continue reading What’s a lesson you’ve learned recently that shifted your perspective?
Nominally Not Nurtured
Neglect takes many forms. I can look around and see worse examples of an upbringing. Always someone poorer. Always someone richer. In the same way, there are people more abused and less abused. We don't rank people. Apparently.