04 – Physical Abuse – Behind Closed Doors

The last article takes me to the age of twelve. I’m now starting to lack concentration in school and becoming a really angry child. I was in PE when I was told my foster sister had been to the school to find me. I managed to pass messages through this person who knew me from

05 – Aftermath Of Physical Abuse

Relaying from the article I posted earlier this is how that physical abuse affected me. I started to become a very angry child, didn’t want anyone close to me, because every time I got close to someone, I lost them. At the same time, I started lashing out. It was like I was being bullied

06 – School Life

In my previous articles, I have touched on life at school but I wanted to go into more detail. I started school from living with my foster parents and was at a primary school, where I went into the nursery. My foster mum worked at the school, so as you can imagine the teachers had

07 – Self-Harm

Trigger warning this article contains pictures and content that could cause discomfort. As I have touched upon this in previous blogs, I would like to go into more detail, especially as there’s a lot of stigma about self-harm – it is ok to not be ok. I have always controlled my eating, as far back

08c – From Bad To Worse

Things began to go strange at nights when ‘the boys’ were settled. ‘The man’ would instigate games, saying it was to get to know each other. Although it quickly reached the point where he would want me and ‘his wife’ to do things. Was he serious? He was married to her. I was still a

08e – No words

This has been a difficult article to relive and contains content that people may find difficult, distressing or triggering. Carrying on from the last article … I couldn’t keep up at all. We got in the car and he went to kiss me. As I turned my head, he said: “You can only do that

10 – Going To Court

So now I have talked up to me being 18 years old. For legal reasons, I have had to cut a couple of things out, but we will get back to them in due course. I’m going to move forward now, to me being aged 21. I began to struggle with life and the transition

11 – I’m Sorry, Your Honour

After the court case, I returned to Oldham and didn’t really digest what had happened. It was a sigh of relief and, at the time, I felt a bit of justice and kind of free, but also mixed emotions with the reality of what I had been through. I’d been offered another house, just before

12 – The Failings Of Our “Justice” System

From the moment where I got my criminal record, the next couple of years were hard. I volunteered at my daughter’s nursery and, when my DBS came back, I was still on a suspended sentence so they were unable to allow me to continue. I declared my record, but until my suspended sentence had ended

18 – Social Services

In previous articles, I have spoken about my childhood and the abuse I have encountered throughout my life. Readers that have read my blog articles before will likely read bits they already knew about, but for the article to be as complete as possible it’s necessary. This article is focused on Social Services. The loopholes,