This book is about ordinary people living in the UK today; most of
whom still hide their childhoods from nearly everyone they know.
With more and more survivor's biographies becoming little more than
moving works of literature, this book was written to break through
our social isolation on this issue. It brings a communicative
bridge of understanding to a wide range of child abuse survivors
whose lives seem impossible to tell apart from the norm. Through
these stories, you lose your doubts about exactly what child abuse
is, and how to communicate about it. You gain knowledge of its
effects upon a whole range of long term adult relationships, and
learn how survivors and their families might adopt various ways of
healing. Survivors' Stories also works as an excellent
self-development and training resource that need not be confined to
a classroom or lecture hall. It's where education gets personal, as
the section 'How to Talk about Abuse' describes the necessary steps
to create a safe space before you attempt to talk or listen. It
gives you tools to create straightforward ongoing relationships in
risky new territory. Each separate story covers aspects everybody
shares in common; Home background. Control, discipline and
punishment. Good and bad bonding in relationships. School; other
institutions, and relationships between institutions and principle
carers. Money, possessions and resources. The form(s) that the more
secret abuse took. The secret; thoughts and feelings in private and
in public as a child. Telling; when did the survivor first tell,
and what happened as a result? Addictive patterns with alcohol,
drugs or any other forms of addiction. Becoming an adult; ambition,
education, career, talent and involvement in the world. Adult
relationships - how abuse affects family and other relationships;
the secret few understand; living as the victim or the perpetrator
of patterns of abuse (including abuse of self); irresolvable
ongoing thoughts - like being caught in a loop'. More intimate
relationships & sexuality. Getting help, looking for answers,
companionship, therapy and healing. Snapshot of adult life now. The
final section informs us why child abuse has been so hard to
address since modern times began, fuelling us with a strong
motivational rationale that gives us the confidence and courage to
speak our minds and contribute to this changing voice within our
wider culture. 'Survivors' Stories': an Enlightening Journey
through the Differing Lives of Child Abuse Survivors by Morven Fyfe
"Maya Angelou and Oprah Winfrey were amongst the first to reveal
the truth about their childhoods. In the UK, Billy Connolly and
Sinead O'Connor spoke out to enable others to break the silence
...but how do we break the silence, and what on earth do we say?
This is the first in the series, 'Survivors' Stories', whereby one
by one, child abuse survivors talk about their lives. Based on a
wide range of backgrounds and child abuse experiences, these
accounts convey the bigger picture of child abuse survivors' lives
in a revealing and compelling way. Biographies are shared
thoroughly, alongside information, questions and comments. There
are practical guidelines to enable discussion, and through being
better informed, you'll acquire the self-assurance to communicate
about this complex subject with greater sensitivity, and increasing
authority. Written for a wide audience, this book is for survivors,
parents, foster carers of abused children, teachers and staff in
schools, doctors, nurses, mental health professionals, social
workers, dentists, police officers and the legal profession as a
whole, counsellors, therapists, body oriented therapists and
healing therapists, workers and representatives from religious
groups, journalists, writers, film, media and TV production teams
and finally, all proactive adults who wish to protect children from
abuse.
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