“We are all the product of our past and have to live with our memories and personality they cannot be erased.” PovertyPsychologyDepressionAnxietyParenthoodDomestic ViolenceProstitutionPsychotherapySingle MotherSexual ExploitationSelf Neglect Book:Full Circle Source: Full Circle
“Marginalised and abused children are often overlooked even today, and risk becoming marginalised and abused adults who may never receive acknowledgment or respect for the immense physical and emotional burden they carry from childhood or indeed have their full potential realised.” PovertyPsychologyEmotionsDomestic ViolenceJewishSocial IsolationSexual Exploitation Book:Full Circle Source: Full Circle
“As I grew into womanhood my confusion at the world became more apparent. I was taking comfort in behaviours that were familiar, not bathing, wearing multiple layers of clothes and, like my mother, I was bingeing on food. Of course I was still very much a lonely unsupported child myself when I got pregnant - one who had never been nurtured or mothered and as such I struggled with the responsibilities of parenthood.” PovertyPsychologyDepressionMental IllnessParenthoodJewishChild Neglect Book:Full Circle Source: Full Circle
“I do not use psychiatric terms in my writing because the entrenched and developing behaviours were perfectly normal reactions to abnormal situations.” PovertyPsychologyEmotionsAbuseNeglectDeprivationJewish Book:Breath in the Dark Source: Breath in the Dark