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.
Tag: violence
Strong
You will not be surprised to learn that my internal monologue is relentless and quite sharp and tetchy. I come up with cutting exit lines, edit, rewind, try again.
On Being Male
I am noted among my friends for being metrosexual. I wear clear nail varnish and I do not do football; I neither understand it nor care for it. I can throw a punch with my trainer at the gym while gossiping and bitching.
Open Journal #57
Listen to this on the podcast Unprotected. My therapist taught me that word. It soothed my soul. It was such a healing word to hear. Made me feel seen. It was so true. If I had been protected, my life would have been so different. I would have been so different. If we add this … Continue reading Open Journal #57
Open Journal #56
Listen to this on the podcast The Storage Unit Of My Mind I am sure it has been used a thousand times. It might even be that my therapist has used it many times himself. One day he described my brain as a storage unit. I imagined one of those ones you hire like a … Continue reading Open Journal #56
Open Journal #23
Listen to this on the podcast I wasn’t talking about this to anyone. Never have. Would never. Had no need. I started talking to The Mentor about it. Well, because that’s what I do now. I think I started to understand it was at the root of some stuff, and keeping it secret wasn’t helping … Continue reading Open Journal #23
Open Journal #14
Listen to this on the podcast I am minded to apply a Tigger warning, but to be honest in my whole life i have never met another living soul whose parents did this to them. So i don’t think a Tigger warning is needed. On the off chance that you were also locked in your … Continue reading Open Journal #14
Open Journal #7
Listen to this on the podcast The first few lines of My Story talk about my father being violent, locking me in rooms, and that I never talk about it. In chat a few days ago I was talking with someone and they told me they had read my story and said nice, kind things … Continue reading Open Journal #7