Mami Rhedeg

Like the first part of this blog post here , this one has been a long time in the making.  There are many and various reasons for that, but, finally, here it is.  Sometimes, the invisible scars and bruises that we carry around with us are the hardest ones to overcome.  Noone else can see them, so noone asks how you are, if they even knew they existed to start with.  And that's what makes them hard to explain, hard to share, and even harder to evidence.  Unfortunately,these hidden scars are also those most likely to be seen differently by each one of us, the grey area that causes them can be huge, and isn't always clear cut. Since 2015, The Serious Crime Act has made an offence, punishable by a prison sentence of up to 5 years, of controlling or coercive behaviour to another person in an initimate or family relationship.  But, in reality, because we all see this differently (and have a different perception of what is acceptable for a Man to say to a...

I've been writing this blog post on and off for a long time.  It's taken a while as even writing it all down has a habit of sending me close to the edge of the depression pit I've worked so hard to pull myself out of. But, after a long time of getting halfway and then pressing 'delete', I've finally decided that putting it all (well, some of it at least) in writing is probably a better solution than bottling it up.   When all of your face-to-face adult conversations are snatched in 5 minute blocks (if you're lucky), in softplay centres, children's birthday parties and at after school activity clubs, meaningful conversations are hard to come by, and rarely if ever happen.   When you can't have a conversation on the phone or on Skype with friends and family that are far away, because you're never really on your own to do it.  When there's always a small pair of ears listening in, they don't happen.  Because, ultimately, we just ...