TV Coverage

Coronation Street has tackled subjects throughout the years that are hard to acknowledge, murder, rape, domestic violence (male and female), stalking, teenage pregnancy etc., and now grooming. Grooming is when a manipulative person, lulls someone else into their control by playing on their emotions. Sarac have emotionally supported young people over the last year that […]

“No news is good news!”

When asked to write for this blog, I immediately wanted to help and empower others to become survivors of abuse and to do so positively. However, to pretend that I remain positive all the time would not be a true reflection of who I am or what it means to be a survivor. Today for […]

‘Victim’

I never quite realised how much I hated that word until recently. It is one that implies a sense of helplessness, weakness and a subjection to some sort of misfortunate event out of one’s control. However, on commencing a series of emotional support sessions with sarac, that is what I was; not yet a survivor, […]

Is medication the answer?

When I first had emotional support, I refused to take medication. I believed that if I was taking pills, that was it for me; I would lose the only bit of control that I had – my ability to regulate my own feelings and emotions and this would mean that I would have to admit […]